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Solkan Bridge

1905 establishments in Austria-Hungary20th-century architecture in SloveniaArch bridges in SloveniaBridges completed in 1905Bridges over the Soča
Buildings and structures in the Slovenian LittoralCity Municipality of Nova GoricaEuropean bridge (structure) stubsRailway bridges in SloveniaSlovenia transport stubsSlovenian building and structure stubsSoča ValleyStone arch bridgesViaducts in Slovenia
Nova Gorica Solkan Eisenbahnbruecke ueber die Soca 120720069 1600x1062 88
Nova Gorica Solkan Eisenbahnbruecke ueber die Soca 120720069 1600x1062 88

The Solkan Bridge (Slovene: Solkanski most, Italian: Ponte di Salcano) is a 219.7-meter (721 ft) arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia (by railway terminology it is a viaduct). With an arch span of 85 meters (279 ft), it is the world's longest stone arch railroad bridge (and second-longest stone arch bridge, after Germany's Syratal Viaduct, a road bridge). It holds this record because later construction technology used reinforced concrete to build bridges. It was originally built to carry the Bohinj Railway in the time of the Vienna Secession, between 1900 and 1905, and officially opened in 1906.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Solkan Bridge (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

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N 45.978981 ° E 13.651822 °
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Solkanski most

G-1
5250
Slovenia
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Nova Gorica Solkan Eisenbahnbruecke ueber die Soca 120720069 1600x1062 88
Nova Gorica Solkan Eisenbahnbruecke ueber die Soca 120720069 1600x1062 88
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