Puch Bridge

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Puch Bridge
The Puch Bridge
Coordinates	46°24′46″N 15°52′41″E / 46.412831°N 15.878141°E / 46.412831; 15.878141Coordinates: 46°24′46″N 15°52′41″E / 46.412831°N 15.878141°E / 46.412831; 15.878141
Carries	2 lanes, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses	Drava
Locale	Ptuj, just above Lake Ptuj
Official name	Bridge over the Drava River in Ptuj
Characteristics
Design	Extradosed bridge
Total length	430 m (1,410 ft)[1]
Width	3.25 m (10.7 ft)
Height	18.7 m (61 ft)
Longest span	65 m (213 ft), 100 m (330 ft)[1]
Load limit	900 t (890 long tons; 990 short tons)
History
Construction start	October 2005
Construction end	May 2007
Opened	18 May 2007
Location

The Puch Bridge (Slovene: Puhov most), officially the Bridge over the Drava River in Ptuj (Most čez Dravo na Ptuju),^[1] is an extradosed bridge over the Drava River near lake Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. It is named after the inventor Johann Puch (1862–1914).^[2] It is 430 metres (1,410 ft) long and 18.7 m (61 ft) wide, and has an area of 8,097 square metres (87,160 sq ft). It was built from October 2005 until May 2007, when it was opened for traffic. Its architects were and , who was also its constructor.^[1]

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