Bulgaria/Romania: Crossing the Danube Bridge (Friendship Bridge) between Ruse/Pyce & Giurgiu
Bulgaria/
Romania:
Crossing the
Danube Bridge (
Friendship Bridge) between
Ruse/Pyce, Bulgaria &
Giurgiu, Romania.
Clip recorded 10th July
2015 on board the 0755
Sofia –
Bucuresti Nord.
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The Danube Bridge (formerly known as the Friendship Bridge) is a steel truss bridge over the
Danube River connecting the
Bulgarian bank to the south with the
Romanian bank to the north and the cities of Ruse and
Giurgiu respectively. It is one of only two bridges connecting Romania and Bulgaria, the other one being the
New Europe Bridge between the cities of
Vidin and
Calafat. You can reach the
Danube bridge by using public transport - bus lines 4,11,12 and 28.
The bridge has two decks; a two lane motorway and a railway.
Sidewalks for pedestrians are also included. The central part of the bridge (85 m) is mobile and can be lifted for oversized boats passage. The maintenance of the mobile part is Romania's responsibility and is periodically checked. The bridge was constructed in two and a half years with the aid of the
Soviet Union.
The Soviets named it the "Friendship Bridge", but, since the fall of the communist regimes in both countries, the bridge got the more functional name of "Danube Bridge".
There are a pair of rectangular towers supported by pillars on both ends.
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Ruse (also known as
Rousse or
Russe; Bulgarian:
Русе), and historically also known as Rustchuk/
Ruschuk, is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is located in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately 75 km (47 mi) south of
Bucharest,
200 km (124 mi) from the
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and
300 km (186 mi) from the capital Sofia.
Ruse is a major road and railway hub in
Northern Bulgaria. Railway transportation in the city dates back to 1867 when it became a station of first railway line in Bulgaria Ruse -
Varna. There are railways to
Southern Bulgaria, Sofia, Varna and Bucharest. Ruse has two railway stations for passenger services (Ruse
Central and Ruse Razpredelitelna) and two for freight transport services. There are intercity buses that link Ruse with cities and towns all over the country and some
European countries.
The Danube bridge is located east of Ruse. It was the only road and rail bridge between Bulgaria and Romania until the opening of a second bridge crossing to Romania on 14 June
2013 at Vidin.
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Giurgiu is the capital city of
Giurgiu County, Romania, in Muntenia. It is situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Ruse on the opposite bank. Three small islands face the city, and a larger one shelters its port, Smarda. The rich grain-growing land to the north is traversed by a railway to Bucharest, the first line opened in Romania, which was built in
1869 and afterwards extended to Smarda. Giurgiu exports timber, grain, salt and petroleum, and imports coal, iron, and textiles.
The
Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge, in the shared Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube, crosses the river in the outskirts of the city.
In
1952–1954, during the
Communist regime, the
USSR helped build the bridge between Giurgiu and Ruse,
The Friendship Bridge, a bridge on the Danube linking Romania and Bulgaria.
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The Danube is
Europe's second-longest river, located in
Central and Eastern Europe.
Classified as an international waterway, it originates in the town of Donaueschingen—which is in the
Black Forest of
Germany—at the confluence of the rivers
Brigach and
Breg. The Danube then flows southeast for 1,914 km (1,189 mi), passing through four capital cities before emptying into the
Black Sea via the
Danube Delta in Romania and
Ukraine.
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