John Paul II Bridge, Puławy

John Paul II Bridge
Coordinates	51°26′13″N 21°56′28″E
Carries	Motor vehicles, Bicycles, Pedestrians
Crosses	Vistula River
Locale	Puławy, Poland
Official name	Most im. Jana Pawła II
Characteristics
Design	Through-arch bridge
Material	Steel
Total length	1,038.2 metres (3,406 ft)
Width	22.3 metres (73 ft)
Longest span	212 metres (696 ft)
History
Construction start	7 March 2006
Opened	11 July 2008
Location

The John Paul II Bridge (New Pulawy bridge) is an arch bridge over the Vistula River in Puławy, Poland.

With its arch main span of 212 metres (696 ft), it is the longest arch bridge in Poland.^[1] The bridge consists of two symmetrical steel arches that rise 38.27 metres (125.6 ft) across the span. The 21.76-metre-wide (71.4 ft) deck is hung from the arches with 112 steel rods.^[2]

The bridge is named after Pope John Paul II and was completed on 11 July 2008.^[1]

The bridge was built in the first stage of Puławy bypass, 12.7 km (7.9 mi) long, which is part of the future Expressway S12 (Poland) leading towards the Polish border with Ukraine.^[1]

The European Regional Development Fund had contributed towards the financing of the bridge construction.

References

1. "John Paul II Bridge in Pulawy successfully commissioned!". Mostostal-Puławy. 2007. Archived from the original on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
2. Flaga, Andrzej; Bęc, Jarosław; Bosak, Grzegorz; Lipecki, Tomasz (July 20, 2008), "Model Investigations and Aerodynamic Analysis of Arch Bridge Over Vistula River in Puławy" (PDF), BBAA VI International Colloquium on Bluff Bodies Aerodynamics & Applications, archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-09

External links

• New Puławy Bridge at Structurae
• John Paul II Bridge in Polish Bridges database (in Polish) Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine

51°26′13″N 21°56′28″E