Apollo bridge

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 15 ″  N , 17 ° 7 ′ 41 ″  E

Apollo bridge
View of the Apollo Bridge at the official opening
Official name	Most Apollo
use	Road bridge
Crossing of	Danube
place	Bratislava
construction	Tied arch bridge
overall length	854 m
width	32 m
Longest span	231 m
start of building	2003
opening	September 4, 2005
location

The Apollo Bridge (in Slovak : Most Apollo ; planned as Most Košická : Bridge of Kaschauer Strasse) is the newest bridge in Bratislava , Slovakia , over the Danube . It opened on September 5, 2005. The bridge is 854 meters long, with a 231 meter long main arch over the Danube. This bridge is intended to relieve the other three major Danube bridges , the Prístavný most (on the D1 motorway ), the Starý most and the Nový most .

The bridge is named after the Apollo refinery founded in Bratislava in 1895 , which was located northwest of the bridge and was destroyed in bombing raids during the Second World War in June 1944. The refinery of the later nationalized mineral oil company Slovnaft , which was rebuilt at this location , remained in operation until the 1960s .

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  The postponement

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  The postponement

Apollo Bridge at night

Web links

Commons : Most Apollo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information on the bridge (English)
• Apollo bridge. In: Structurae