John Paul II Bridge, Puławy

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|official_name = Most im. Jana Pawła II

|carries = Motor vehicles, Bicycles, Pedestrians

|crosses = Vistula River

|locale = Puławy, Poland

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|design = Through-arch bridge

|material = Steel

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|mainspan = {{convert|212|m}}

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|begin = 7 March 2006

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The John Paul II Bridge (New Pulawy bridge) is an arch bridge over the Vistula River in Puławy, Poland.

With its arch main span of {{convert|212|m|ft}}, it is the longest arch bridge in Poland.{{cite news |title=John Paul II Bridge in Pulawy successfully commissioned! |publisher=Mostostal-Puławy |year=2007 |url=http://www.mostostal-pulawy.com.pl/en/news/archive/2008/437-john-paul-ii-bridge-in-pulawy-successfully-commissioned.html |access-date=2019-02-09 |archive-date=2019-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209191623/http://www.mostostal-pulawy.com.pl/en/news/archive/2008/437-john-paul-ii-bridge-in-pulawy-successfully-commissioned.html |url-status=dead }} The bridge consists of two symmetrical steel arches that rise {{convert|38.27|m|ft}} across the span. The {{convert|21.76|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}} deck is hung from the arches with 112 steel rods.{{Citation | last =Flaga | first =Andrzej | last2 =Bęc | first2 =Jarosław | last3 =Bosak | first3 =Grzegorz | last4 =Lipecki | first4 =Tomasz | title =Model Investigations and Aerodynamic Analysis of Arch Bridge Over Vistula River in Puławy | journal =BBAA VI International Colloquium on Bluff Bodies Aerodynamics & Applications | date =July 20, 2008 | url =http://bbaa6.mecc.polimi.it/uploads/validati/BDG15.pdf | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190209191748/http://bbaa6.mecc.polimi.it/uploads/validati/BDG15.pdf | archive-date =2019-02-09 }}

The bridge is named after Pope John Paul II and was completed on 11 July 2008.

The bridge was built in the first stage of Puławy bypass, {{cvt|12.7|km|mi}} long, which is part of the future Expressway S12 (Poland) leading towards the Polish border with Ukraine.

The European Regional Development Fund had contributed towards the financing of the bridge construction.