Famous bridge in Bratislava

1. Most SNP

2. Most Slovenského národného povstania (English:
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising), commonly
referred to as Most SNP or the UFO Bridge, and
named Nový Most (English: New Bridge) from
1993, it is a road bridge over the Danube in
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is the world's
longest cable-stayed bridge to have one pylon and
one cable-stayed plane.

3. • It is an asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge with a main span
length of 303 m (994 ft). Its steel construction is suspended
from steel cables, connected on the Petržalka side to two
pillars. The total length of the bridge is 430.8 m (1,413 ft), its
width 21 m (69 ft), and it weighs 537 t (592 short tons).

4. • A special attraction is the flying saucer-shaped structure housing a restaurant,
which since 2005 has been called UFO, on the bridge's 84.6 m (278 ft.)
pylon. The restaurant is reached using an elevator located in the east pillar,
and offers a good view over Bratislava

5. View from the UFO Restaurant

6. The Bridge at night

7. • The west pillar houses an emergency staircase with 430 stairs. Nový Most has
four lanes for motor traffic on the upper level and lanes for bicycles and
pedestrians on the lower level.

8. How the bridge came to life

9. The opening of the bridge in 1972

10. Name
• Since its construction in 1972 the bridge was called Most SNP (English:
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising), although locally it was called New
Bridge. In 1993, its name was changed by the Bratislava City Council to
Nový Most (English: New Bridge) to unify its official name with that actually
used by the people. On 29 March 2012 members of the Bratislava City
Council voted in favor of an initiative by the Mayor of Old Town Táňa
Rosová (SDKÚ-DS) to change the bridge's name back to Most SNP,
effective 29 August 2012.

11. Construction
• The bridge was built between 1967 and 1972 under a project managed by A.
Tesár, J. Lacko, and I. Slameň. It officially opened on August 26, 1972, as the
second bridge over the Danube in Bratislava. A significant section of the Old
Town below Bratislava Castle, which included nearly all of the Jewish
quarter, was demolished to create the roadway that led to it. On the other
hand, the bridge improved access between Petržalka and the rest of the city.
Parts of the historical city walls were unearthed during construction.

12. The End