Two new bridges across Sava River in Zagreb

Abstract

<p>The sustainable development of the Sava River banks area in Zagreb, as the most dominant natural and urban city motif, is planned to make the capital of Croatia a better place to live in. The improvement of this area, so far used only as a protection from floods, would be achieved by the complete river integration into the city and sufficient transport links between the city parts. Solving the problem of the inadequate capacity of the Sava River crossing in Zagreb, the public competitions have been organized for the preliminary bridge designs for the two new bridges located near the lakes, Jarun and Bundek. In this paper the two winning solutions are shown. When they will be built, the Jarun Bridge, asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge with one inclined pylon, and the Bundek Bridge, a continuous steel girder bridge comprising intersected arches forming frames, would be modern representatives of the worldwide-known Zagreb school of bridge engineering.</p>