List of bridges in Kosovo

This list of bridges in Kosovo lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.

Historical and architectural interest bridges

		Name	Albanian	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	District	Ref.
	1	Terzijski Bridge	Ura e Terzive	Cultural Heritage site of Kosovo	190 m (620 ft)	Masonry 11 semi-circular arches	Erenik	15th century	Bishtazhin 42°21′33.0″N20°30′34.5″E / 42.359167°N 20.509583°E / 42.359167; 20.509583 (Terzijski Bridge)	Gjakova	[1]
	2	Stone Bridge, Vushtrri	Ura e Vjetër e Gurit	Cultural Heritage site of Kosovo	135 m (443 ft)	Masonry 9 arches (5 pointed and 4 semi-circular arches)	Sitnica	15th century	Vushtrri 42°49′24.0″N20°57′36.1″E / 42.823333°N 20.960028°E / 42.823333; 20.960028 (Stone Bridge, Vushtrri)	Mitrovica	[2] [3]
	3	Old Stone Bridge, Prizren	Ura e vjetër e gurit	Cultural Heritage site of Kosovo		Masonry 3 semi-circular arches	Lumbardhi i Prizrenit	16th century	Prizren 42°12′34.4″N20°44′26.2″E / 42.209556°N 20.740611°E / 42.209556; 20.740611 (Old Stone Bridge, Prizren)	Prizren	[4] [5]
	4	Fshajt Bridge	Ura e Fshejtë	Cultural Heritage site of Kosovo	70 m (230 ft)	Arch Concrete deck arch	Road bridge White Drin Canyon	18th century	Fshajt 42°21′09.7″N20°32′27.8″E / 42.352694°N 20.541056°E / 42.352694; 20.541056 (Fshajt Bridge)	Gjakova	[6]

Major road and railway bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

		Name	Albanian	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	District	Ref.
	1	Gazivode Bridge	Ura e Gazivodës	219 m (719 ft)	323 m (1,060 ft)	Arch Steel through arch	Road bridge Gazivoda Lake Ibar (river)	1989	Brnjak – Vitkoviće 42°58′09.9″N20°32′19.3″E / 42.969417°N 20.538694°E / 42.969417; 20.538694 (Gazivode Bridge)	Mitrovica   Serbia	[7] [8] [9]

See also

• Transport in Kosovo
• Roads in Kosovo
• Kosovo Railways
• Geography of Kosovo

References

1. "Терзијски мост" [Terzijski Bridge]. Spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
2. "The Stone Bridge, Vushtrri, Kosovo - Preliminary technical assessment of the architectural and archaeological heritage in south east europe" (PDF). Coe.int. The Center for Cultural Heritage, Mitrovic. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009.
3. "Војиновића мост у Вучитрну" [Vojinovića bridge in Vučitrn]. Spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
4. "Стари камени мост" [Old Stone Bridge]. Spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
5. "Prizren through the retro-visor - comparison of old/new images of Prizren" (PDF). Chwbkosovo.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
6. "Ura e Fshajt -legjenda për urën e besës dhe fjalës së dhënë" [Ura e Fshajt - the legend about the bridge of faith and the word given]. Epokaere.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
7. Prade, Marcel (1990). "Yougoslavie". Ponts & Viaducs Remarquables d'Europe[Remarkable Bridges and Viaducts of Europe]. Art et patrimoine (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 425. ISBN   2-902170-65-3.
8. Chen, Duan, 2014, p.720
9. "Road bridge over the impounded lake Gazivode". Mostogradnja.rs. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

Further reading

• Chen, Wai-Fah; Duan, Lian (2014). "Bridge Engineering in Serbia". In CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (ed.). Handbook of International Bridge Engineering. pp. 687–746. ISBN   978-1-4398-1029-3.