Šare Viaduct Explained

Bridge Name:Šare Viaduct
Official Name:Viadukt Šare
Carries:A1 motorway
Locale:Dalmatia
Maint:Hrvatske autoceste
Design:Box girder bridge
Mainspan:33 m
Length:402 m
Width:27.9 m
Open:30 June 2011
Toll:charged as a part of A1 motorway toll

Šare Viaduct is located between the Ravča and Vrgorac interchanges of the A1 motorway in Croatia, opened for traffic on June 30, 2011. The viaduct actually consists of two wide parallel structures following a curve across 12 spans (+ 10 x +). Each of the structures is supported by a pair of abutments and 11 H-section piers. The deck structures are executed using incremental launching and comprise a box girder of constant cross-sections each. The viaduct is long and wide, carrying two traffic lanes and an emergency lane for each of the driving directions.

Completion of Šare Viaduct and Vrgorac interchange were delayed due to funding problems, pushing back its completion from the originally scheduled 2009 to mid-2011.[1] [2] Since June 30, 2011, the viaduct is open for traffic and tolled as a part of the A1 motorway.[3]

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  1. News: . Croatian . Out of money: Lack of funds halts Dalmatina construction . 10 February 2010 . 16 September 2010. 6 April 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120406191538/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/77487/nema-se-para-zbog-nedostatka-novca-stala-gradnja-na-dalmatini.
  2. News: . Croatian . A tour of Ravča  - Ploče motorway with the chief engineer . Mate Primorac . November 4, 2009 . September 16, 2010.
  3. Web site: Hrvatske autoceste . Croatian . DANAS OTVORENA NOVA DIONICA RAVČA VRGORAC NA A1 ZAGREB-SPLIT-DUBROVNIK . NEW RAVČA - VRGORAC SECTION OF THE A1 ZAGREB-SPLIT-DUBROVNIK OPENED TODAY . June 30, 2011 . June 30, 2011.