Solidarity Bridge

Solidarity Bridge
Coordinates	52.521667°N 19.7275°E / 52.521667; 19.7275
Carries	4 lanes (motor vehicles) of two national roads: national road no. 60 and national road no. 62 Pedestrians and cyclists
Crosses	Vistula River
Locale	Płock, Mazovia  Poland
Official name	Most Solidarności
Maintained by	General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Material	Steel 2 Pylons: steel
Total length	1,712 metres (5,617 ft) m (1.064 mi)
Width	27.5 metres (90 ft)
Height	63.7 metres (209 ft) (pylons)
Longest span	375 metres (1,230 ft)
No. of spans	5
Piers in water	2
Clearance below	12 metres (39 ft) (at the normal level of the river)
History
Designer	Nikola Hajdin Bratislav Stipanić Józef Krawczyk
Construction start	29 July 2002
Construction end	13 October 2007
Opened	13 October 2007
Statistics
Toll	Free
Location

The Solidarity Bridge (Polish: Most Solidarności) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Vistula River in Płock, Poland

The bridge is part of the Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko thoroughfare which forms the southern bypass of Płock. It constitutes a shared segment of two national roads – DK 60 and DK 62.

The main span of the Solidarity Bridge is 375 meters long. The main span is one of the longest in the world among cable stayed bridges with cables located in single plane. At the same time, it is the longest span in the world among cable stayed bridges with a fixed-in deck pylon.

The main span of the Solidarity Bridge is the longest span in Poland and this part of Europe.

The Solidarity Bridge in Płock is largest and longest cable-stayed bridge in Poland at 615 meters long.

History

Plans for the bridge and the Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko thoroughfare first appeared in the 1990s to relief the Legions of Marshal Józef Piłsudski road-railway bridge located in the city center, built in 1938, which has only one traffic lane in each direction and is the only crossing in the vicinity.

Bridge on the right-bank of the river

Construction of the bridge started in July 2002 and finished in October 2007 along with a modernization of the Wyszogrodzka Street leading to the city center. On October 13, 2007 the bridge was officially opened by prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński.^[1] The entire route of the bypass was finished in 2009.

Scheme of the Solidarity Bridge in Płock

See also

• Solidarity Bridge in Płock on the list of largest cable-stayed bridges

References

1. Jan, Bliszczuk (2007). Podwieszony most przez Wisłę w Płocku (Cable-stayed bridge across the Vistula in Płock) (in Polish). Wrocław: Dolnośląskie Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne. ISBN 978-83-7125-155-9.

External links

• Solidarity Bridge at Structurae