The Millennium Bridge ( cnr, Мост Миленијум, Most Milenijum) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the

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river in Podgorica,

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History

The bridge was designed by

Marjan Pipenbaher Marjan Pipenbaher (born 22 August 1957) is a Slovenian structural engineer and bridge specialist. Career Pipenbaher graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Maribor in 1981. From 1980, he worked at the Gradis Design Offic ...

from the Slovenian company

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and Mladen Ulićević, a professor at Faculty of Civil Engineering in Podgorica. It was built by the

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n company ''Primorje'', and opened on 13 July 2005, Montenegro's National Day. It quickly became one of the city's most prominent landmarks. The bridge is 173 metres long, and the pylon soars 57 m above the roadbed. Twelve

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support the roadway deck, while twenty-four more are attached to the counterweights, creating an imposing image. The construction of the bridge began in 2005, and the building cost was approximately 7 million

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s. The roadway carries two lanes of traffic and a pedestrian walkway in each direction. The bridge connects the ''Boulevard of

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'' in the city centre and ''July 13 street'' in the new part of city, thus relieving the other congested bridges connecting the city center with the densely populated districts over the Morača river.

References

* {{Podgorica Bridges in Podgorica Tourist attractions in Podgorica Cable-stayed bridges Bridges completed in 2005