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The Đurđevića Tara Bridge ( cyrl, Мост на Ђурђевића Тари, Most na Đurđevića Tari, ) is a 
concrete
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arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its structural load, loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either si ...
over the Tara River in northern Montenegro
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It is located at the crossroads between the municipalities
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of Mojkovac
Mojkovac ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Мојковац, ) is a town in Montenegro in the northern region. It has a population of 2,506 (2023 census). Mojkovac is the centre of Mojkovac Municipality, which has a population of 6,824.
Geography
The mu ...
, Pljevlja
Pljevlja (, ) is a town located in the Northern Montenegro, Northern Region of Montenegro, situated along Ćehotina, Ćehotina river.
The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial ...
and Žabljak
Žabljak (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Жабљак, ) is a small town in Montenegro in the Northern Montenegro, northern region. It has a population of 1,723.
Žabljak is the seat of Žabljak Municipality (2011 population: 3,569). The town is in ...
. The exact location of the bridge is between the villages of Budečevica and Trešnjica.
Construction
The Đurđevića Tara Bridge, which was designed by engineer Mijat Trojanović,Kurtović-Folić, Nađa. (2015). THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ARCHITECTS TO THE BRIDGE AESTHETICS. (Fig.1) was built between 1937 and 1940 in theKingdom of Yugoslavia
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, and the works were carried out by the company Andonović from Belgrade. The project's Chief Engineer was Isaac Russo.
The bridge has five arches; the largest span is . The roadway stands above the Tara River. At the time of its completion, it was the biggest vehicular concrete arch bridge in Europe
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World War II
Much of Montenegro, including the Tara Canyon, came under Italian occupation following the German-ledInvasion of Yugoslavia
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in April 1941. As the mountainous terrain made it suitable for guerrilla warfare, a partisan
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uprising occurred in the area. Italian forces took control of the Tara Bridge during an Italian offensive in 1942.
A Yugoslav Partisan raiding party blew up the southwesternmost arch with the aid of one of the bridge engineers, Lazar Jauković. The attack cut the only feasible crossing over the Tara Canyon halting the Italian advance. When Jauković was eventually captured, however, the Italians executed him on the bridge.
These events were depicted in the 1969 Yugoslav film '' Most'' (English title ''The Bridge'').
Present day
The bridge was rebuilt in 1946. It was used in the 1978 British action film '' Force 10 from Navarone'' set during World War II. In more recent yearsbungee jumping
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has taken place from the longest arch directly above the river.
The bridge also plays a large part in the Dutch novel '' Het land achter Gods rug'' by A. den Doolaard, which was published in 1956. This novel is partly based on the true story of the bridge including its destruction by partisans during World War II.
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