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Designed by: Saobracajni institut CIP (Traffic Institute CIP)
Author and Main Designer: Prof. Ljubomir
Jevtovic, BSc (civil eng.)
Main Designers of individual stages: Milorad
Markovic, BSc (civil eng.), Milorad
Lukovic, BSc (civil eng.), Milivoje
Kovacevic, BSc (civil eng.)
Employer: The Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro
General Contractor: GP "Mostogradnja"
Main Sub-contractors: "LIK", anticorrosive protection,
"Metalna", "Djuro Djakovic", steel structure supplier
Purpose of the Project: Railway Traffic
Years of Construction: 1969-1973
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THE BRIDGE on the Mala Rijeka (Little River) is
about 8 km away from the mouth into the Moraca, and 20 km from the
railway station Podgorica, towards Kolasin. At the time of
construction, it was the highest railway bridge in Europe, 200
m above the water level. Two highest bridge piers (also world
records) have the height of 139 m foundations included.
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The bridge is a continuous girder over five spans 81.20 +
92.80 + 150,80 + 92.80 + 81.20 m, of the total length of 498.80 m,
with one railway track. The distance between the main girder axis is
6.5 m and the distance between the upper and bottom boom axis
is 12.00 m. The last bridge span has a straight line extension,
the railway being to a curve.
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In the clan of bridge building the canyon slopes are of
calcareous material with fissures in the deeper zones of the
rock mass. The foundations are massive and contain 8,000 m3 concrete
each. The piers were made with sliding forms and tower crane
inside the piers, and it was moved vertically upwards according
to the stages of work. The casting of foundations was done with
stable concrete pumps with corresponding pipelines, while the
casting of piers was done by concrete pumps with pipelines and
a cable crane of 12 tons Ioad capacity.
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