The bridge construction is an important part of the Pan- European Transport Corridor 4 passing from Thessaloniki through Sofia and Vidin to Romania by providing connection to Central and Western Europe, Stanishev said at the official ground-breaking ceremony in Vidin. According to the prime minister, the new infrastructure project is one of the biggest in the next years in Bulgaria.
The bridge is important not only for Bulgaria and Romania, but also for the European Union, as it is definitely a bridge of the reunion of the European continent, said the prime minister. The project costs €236 million (about $318 million) and is supported financially by the EU Phare and ISPA programs, the European Investment Bank, the Frankfurt-based development bank KfW and Agence Francaise de Developpement Development (AFD), and co-financed by Bulgaria’s Exchequer.
The new bridge will be located at the 796th km of the Danube river, linking Bulgaria’s Vidin and Romania’s Kalafat. The total length of the bridge is 1,971 meters. It will have four road lanes and a railway track. The Spanish FCC company won the bid as the designer and contractor of part of the main bridge. The bridge is scheduled to be constructed within 38 months. Currently, Bulgaria and Romania are connected by a Danube bridge built in 1954, which is located in the eastern part of the border of the two countries. (english.people.com.cn)
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