Pelješki bridge is opened!

The Pelješki Bridge was officially opened on the 26th of July. It connects the south of Croatia with the rest of the country, and the historical event was commemorated throughout the day with a program that takes place on both sides of the bridge – at the rest areas of Brijesta and Komarna. 

The main opening ceremony started at 8:15 p.m. and culminated around 10 p.m. when Rimac’s Nevera was the first car to cross the bridge with spectacular fireworks. In the middle of the Pelješki bridge, Nevera passed by the car driven by Niko Pulić, the former three-time European champion in mountain races.

The bridge is the largest Croatian infrastructure project financed by EU funds with a grant of 357 million euros (85 percent of the costs), and several governments worked on it. The entire steel-concrete construction of the bridge below and above the water weighs as much as 30 Eiffel Towers. 

It crosses a sea strait 2140 meters wide, and is 2404 meters long, with a navigational profile under the bridge of 200 by 55 meters. Its main and responsible engineer is Marjan Pipenbaher.