Four options for future look of Old Sava Bridge – Designing soon, completion of construction planned for late 2019

The reconstruction of the Old Sava Bridge is growing ever closer – the conceptual designs have been prepared and what follows is the tender for the architectural contest, and the beginning of the construction is planned for mid-2018.

According to the plan by the Belgrade Land Development Public Agency, the designing itself should start in early 2017, following which the tender for the construction works would be placed, in late summer, and the works should start in mid-2018. If everything goes according to plan, this large projects should be completed by the end of 2019, which will make traffic over the Sava easier and faster.

The project has only just begun, but the planned cost exceeds EUR 60 million. The Agency's website shows four possible looks of the reconstructed bridge.

Option 1

The Old Sava Bridge would keep its old structure, including the recognizable arch, and that section would allow for tram traffic exclusively. On each side, with a few meters between them, two additional car lanes would be built, along with pedestrian/bicycle lanes on the outer edges.

Option 2

This option also envisions keeping the old structure with the arch and the addition of car a pedestrian lanes on each side. The biggest difference is that, in this case, the tram section wouldn't be separated from the new sections.

Option 3

This solution is rather similar to the second one, as regards the lanes and keeping the old arch. The most apparent difference is the structural foundation, i.e. the number and location of load-bearing columns.

Option 4

This solution also envisions two new car lanes and a pedestrian lane in both directions, along with tram tracks down the middle. However, according to this solution, all the lanes would be joined, and a new arch, nearly identical to the old one, but larger and more modern, would be built.

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