Maslenica Bridge (A1)

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|image=Old Maslenica bridge2.jpg

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|official_name=Most Maslenica

|carries=A1 motorway

|crosses=Maslenica Strait (Adriatic Sea)

|locale=Southern Croatia

|maint=Croatian Motorways Ltd

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|design=concrete arch bridge

|mainspan=200 m

|length=377.6 m

|width=20.4 m

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|below=65 m

|traffic=

|open=1997

|closed=

|toll=charged as a part of A1 motorway toll

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Maslenica Bridge ({{langx|hr|Most Maslenica}},{{cite news | newspaper = Croatian Motorways Ltd | language = Croatian | url = http://www.hac.hr/prezentacija-HR.pdf | title = Zagreb - Split Motorway (pp. 6-7) | date = July 18, 2005 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20051014044129/http://www.hac.hr/prezentacija-HR.pdf | archivedate = October 14, 2005 }} but also known as {{langx|hr|Maslenički most}}) is a {{convert|377.6|m|abbr=on}} long reinforced concrete arch bridge spanning the Novsko Ždrilo strait of the Adriatic Sea, north of Zadar, Croatia, carrying the Croatian A1 motorway. It is located between the Rovanjske and Posedarje interchanges of the A1 motorway.{{cite news | newspaper = Narodne novine | language = Croatian | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/305463.html | title = Regulation on motorway markings, chainage, interchange/exit/rest area numbers and names | date = May 6, 2003}}

The bridge comprises a {{convert|200|m|ft|sing=on}} span reinforced concrete arch, with an arch rise of {{convert|65|m|ft}}. The arch comprises a box cross section, a double cell of constant depth. The superstructure is continuous across 12 spans, consisting of prestressed girders made monolithic with the in situ cast deck slab and transverse girders.{{cite news | newspaper = Croatian Motorways Ltd | language = Croatian | url = http://www.hac.hr/brosure/monografija/virtualMagazine.html | title = HAC Monografija | date = May 17, 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100818140354/http://www.hac.hr/brosure/monografija/virtualMagazine.html | archivedate = August 18, 2010 }}

The bridge is maintained and operated by Croatian Motorways Ltd.

Approximately {{convert|1.5|km|abbr=on}} to the south, there is another bridge, carrying D8 state road across the same strait, and this was the original crossing point over the strait.{{cite news | newspaper = Narodne novine | language = Croatian | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2010_02_17_410.html | title = Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads | date = February 17, 2010}} Although that is a completely different structure, carrying a different road, that bridge is also officially called Maslenica Bridge.{{cite news | newspaper = Gradimo.hr | language = Croatian | url = http://www.gradimo.hr/Otvoren-novi-Maslenicki-most/hr-HR/3089.aspx | title = New Maslenica Bridge open | date = June 20, 2005}} The bridge carrying the A1 motorway is actually older than the one carrying the D8 road, however since the latter is a replacement for a bridge destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, both A1 and D8 bridges are known to be referred to as both old and new Maslenica Bridge.{{cite news | newspaper = Vjesnik | language = Croatian | url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/Pdf/2002%5C10%5C04%5C07A7.PDF | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20031004193530/http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2002%5c10%5c04%5c07A7.PDF | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 4, 2003 | title = New old bridge against wind and congestion | date = October 4, 2002 }}{{cite news |newspaper=Nacional |language=Croatian |url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13238/povratak-starog-maslenickog-mosta |trans-title=Return of the old Maslenica Bridge |title=Povratak starog Masleničkog mosta |date=2 October 2002 |accessdate=3 July 2012 |author=Milivoj Đilas |archivedate=6 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406190629/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13238/povratak-starog-maslenickog-mosta }}