Bridge Name: | Old Bridge |
Native Name: | Stari most |
Native Name Lang: | Slovenian |
Architect: | Eugen Fassbender |
Crosses: | Drava |
Locale: | Maribor, Slovenia |
Other Name: | State Bridge, Main Bridge, Drava Bridge |
The Old Bridge (Slovenian: Stari most), also named the State Bridge (Slovenian: Državni most), the Main Bridge (Slovenian: Glavni most), and the Drava Bridge (Slovenian: Dravski most), is a bridge crossing the Drava River in Maribor, northeastern Slovenia. It links Main Square (Slovenian: Glavni trg) and Pobrežje Street (Slovenian: Pobreška cesta) and is long.[1] Its central part, spanning the Drava, is 166m (545feet) long and has three steel arches.
The bridge was completed in 1913[2] [3] and opened to traffic on 23 August of that year. During World War II, it was damaged and later partially rebuilt. The last renovations took place in 1990 and 1998.