List of bridges in Bulgaria

This list of bridges in Bulgaria lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.

Historical and architectural interest bridges

		Name	Bulgarian	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
	1	Constantine's Bridge destroyed	Константинов мост	Considered the longest ancient river bridge	2,437 m (7,995 ft)	Masonry Wooden truss arches, masonry piers	Danube	328	Gigen–Corabia 43°45′48.4″N 24°27′25.2″E	Pleven  Romania	[S 1] [1]
	2	Kadin most	Кадин мост	Span : 21 m (69 ft) Monument of culture	100 m (330 ft)	Masonry 4 semi-circular arches, granite	Road bridge Struma (river)	1470	Nevestino Municipality 42°15′22.2″N 22°51′13.4″E	Kyustendil	[S 2] [2] [3]
	3	Old Bridge, Svilengrad	Стар мост	First major work designed by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan Monument of culture	295 m (968 ft)	Masonry 18 pointed arches	Former road bridge Maritsa	1529	Svilengrad 41°46′07.7″N 26°11′36.4″E	Haskovo	[S 3] [4]
	4	Ateren Bridge [bg]	Атеренски мост			Masonry 1 arch	Aterenska	16th century	Ivaylovgrad 41°30′37.2″N 26°04′50.2″E	Haskovo	[5]
	5	Dyavolski most	Дяволски мост	Devil's Bridge Monument of culture	66 m (217 ft)	Masonry 3 semi-circular arches	Footbridge Arda	1518	Ardino 41°37′14.3″N 25°06′50.7″E	Kardzhali	[S 4] [6]
	6	Shiroka Laka Bridge	Мост в Широка лъка			Masonry 1 arch	Footbridge Ladja		Shiroka Laka 41°40′39.4″N 24°35′08.0″E	Smolyan	[S 5]
	7	Bistrica River Bridge				Masonry 1 arch	Bistrica		Satovcha 41°37′23.3″N 23°57′08.4″E	Blagoevgrad
	8	Belenski most	Беленски мост	Conception by Kolyu Ficheto Monument of culture	276 m (906 ft)	Masonry 14 semi-circular arches originally, limestone	Former road bridge Yantra (river)	1867	Byala 43°28′10.6″N 25°43′30.6″E	Ruse	[S 6] [7]
	9	Covered Bridge, Lovech	Покритият мост в Ловеч	Conception by Kolyu Ficheto One of the few remaining inhabited bridge Stores inside	106 m (348 ft)	Covered bridge Wood (current deck structure made of steel)	Footbridge Osam	1874	Lovech 43°07′56.6″N 24°42′59.4″E	Lovech Province	[Note 1] [S 7] [8]
	10	Lions' Bridge, Sofia	Лъвов мост		32 m (105 ft)	Masonry 2 segmental arches	Former road bridge Trams in Sofia Vladaya (river)	1891	Sofia 42°42′17.7″N 23°19′26.0″E	Sofia City Province	[S 8]
	11	Eagles' Bridge, Sofia	Орлов мост			Masonry	Road bridge Perlovska	1891	Sofia 42°41′25.9″N 23°20′14.9″E	Sofia City Province	[S 9]
	12	Stambolov Bridge	Стамболовия мост			Arch Steel deck arch	Road bridge Yantra (river)	1897	Veliko Tarnovo 43°04′54.3″N 25°38′14.1″E	Veliko Tarnovo Province	[S 10] [10]
	13	Bebresh Viaduct	Виадуктът Бебреш	Highest bridge in Bulgaria Height : 125 m (410 ft)	720 m (2,360 ft)	Beam bridge Prestressed concrete Twin bridges	A2 Hemus motorway Vitinya Pass	1985	Botevgrad 42°49′33.9″N 23°47′46.6″E	Sofia Province	[S 11] [11]

Major road and railway bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

		Name	Bulgarian	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
	1	New Europe Bridge	Мостът Нова Европа	180 m (590 ft)(x3)	1,391 m (4,564 ft)	Extradosed Concrete box girder deck, 4 concrete pylons 124+3x180+124	I-1 road European route E79 Railway bridge Danube	2013	Vidin–Calafat 44°00′08.8″N 22°56′54.5″E	Vidin Province  Romania	[Note 2] [S 12] [12]
	2	Hemus Highway Viaduct (km 27.5)		162 m (531 ft)	362 m (1,188 ft)	Box girder Steel Twin bridges 100+162+100	A2 Hemus motorway European route E79	1986	Botevgrad 42°48′11.9″N 23°48′36.6″E	Sofia Province	[13] [14]
	3	Danube Bridge	Мост на дружбата	160 m (520 ft)(x4)	2,223 m (7,293 ft)	Truss Steel, 2 levels Vertical-lift bridge 2x160+86+2x160	I-2 road European route E70 European route E85 Railway bridge Danube	1954	Ruse–Giurgiu 43°53′16.5″N 26°00′24.1″E	Ruse  Romania	[S 13] [15]
	4	Asparuhov Bridge	Аспарухов мост	160 m (520 ft)	2,050 m (6,730 ft)	Box girder Steel 80+160+80	A5 Cherno More motorway European route E87 Lake Varna Black Sea	1976	Varna 43°11′25.7″N 27°53′5.9″E	Varna Province	[S 14] [16]
	5	Hemus Highway Viaduct (km 48)		140 m (460 ft)	656 m (2,152 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 130+140+130+120	A2 Hemus motorway European route E79	1999	Pravets 42°55′23.9″N 23°55′19.5″E	Sofia Province	[17]

Notes and references

• Notes

1. The initial covered bridge of Lovech, built between 1874 and 1876 had a length of 84 m (276 ft), 6 vents and accommodated 64 shops. It was, however, wholly destroyed by fire in 1925.[8] A more modern bridge was constructed at its place in 1931 only to be replaced by a reconstruction of Kolyu Ficheto's design in 1981–82. The current bridge is 106 m (348 ft) long and has 14 shops, the architect being Zlatev.[9]
2. The road part of the New Europe Bridge is 1,391 m (4,564 ft) long, the railway part is longer with its access viaducts measuring 1,791 m (5,876 ft).[12]

• Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.

1. "Constantine's Bridge at Celei".
2. "Kadin Bridge".
3. "Old Svilengrad Bridge".
4. "Devil's Bridge".
5. "Shiroka Laka Bridge".
6. "Byala Bridge".
7. "Lovech Covered Bridge".
8. "Lions' Bridge".
9. "Eagles' Bridge".
10. "Stambolov Bridge".
11. "Bebresh Viaduct".
12. "New Europe Bridge".
13. "Danube Bridge".
14. "Asparuhov Bridge".

• Others references

1. Galliazzo, Vittorio (1994). I ponti romani. Catalogo generale (in Italian). Vol. 2. Treviso: Edizioni Canova. pp. 319f. (No. 645). ISBN 88-85066-66-6.
2. Prade, 1990, p.169
3. "Kadin Bridge – village of Nevestino". Kustendil.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
4. Yankova, Kalina. "Along Suleiman the Magnificent's Bridge in Svilengrad". Balkantravellers.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012.
5. "Атеренски мост" [Ateren Bridge]. Ivaylovgrad.org (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 15 August 2014.
6. "Dyavolski Most (Devil's Bridge) – an Ancient Bridge over the Arda River – Town of Ardino". bulgariatravel.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018.
7. "Мостът на Колю Фичето на река Янтра – град Бяла" [The bridge of Kolyu Ficheto on the river Yantra - town of Byala]. Bulgariatravel.org (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2016.
8. "The Covered Bridge, Lovech". Bulgariatravel.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018.
9. "Покритият мост в Ловеч - шедьовърът на Колю Фичето" [The covered bridge in Lovech - the masterpiece of Kolyu Ficheto]. bgnes.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
10. "Стамболов мост" [Stambolov bridge]. Strannik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
11. Prade, 1990, p.178
12. Manterola, Javier; Martínez, Antonio; Navarro, Juan Antonio; Álvarez, Jose Luis; Díaz de Argote, Jose Ignacio. "Construction and design features of the Bridge over the Danube River. Bulgaria" (PDF). Cfcsl.com - Carlos Fernandez Casado, S.L. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
13. Chen, Duan, 2014, p.274
14. Prade, 1990, p.177
15. "Podul "Dunărea" – Diploma şi insigna inaugurării" [The "Danube" Bridge - Diploma and Inauguration Badge]. valahia.jurnalgiurgiuvean.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
16. Chen, Duan, 2014, p.270
17. Chen, Duan, 2014, p.266

See also

• List of crossings of the Danube
• Transport in Bulgaria
• Highways in Bulgaria
• Rail transport in Bulgaria
• Geography of Bulgaria

External links

• "Suspension Bridges of Bulgaria". bridgemeister.com.
• "Category: Bridges in Bulgaria". highestbridges.com.

Further reading

• Ivanchev, Ilia; Dimov, Dimitar; Benedetti, Andrea; Mangoni, Enrico. "Solving the bridge maintenance problem in Bulgaria - Analysis of the opportunities offered by composite materials" (PDF). Cias-italia.it - Centro Internazionale di Aggiornamento Sperimentale.
• Chen, Wai-Fah; Duan, Lian (2014). "Bridge Engineering in Bulgaria". In CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (ed.). Handbook of International Bridge Engineering. p. 247-294. ISBN 978-1-4398-1029-3.
• Prade, Marcel (1990). "La Bulgarie". Ponts & Viaducs Remarquables d'Europe. Art et patrimoine (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 167. ISBN 2-902170-65-3.