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The Pelješac Bridge (Croatian: Pelješki most, pronounced [pěʎeʃkiː môːst]) is a cable-stayed bridge in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia.The bridge provides a fixed link from the southeastern Croatian semi-exclave to the rest of the country while bypassing Bosnia and Herzegovina's short coastal strip at Neum.
The bridge (marked in red) connects Pelješac with mainland Croatia. The D414 road is the longest state road on the peninsula, connecting all municipalities, together with D415 towards Trpanj and D416 towards Prapratno. County roads in turn connect Lovište, Žuljana and Hodilje, and a number of local roads to the more remote villages.
The Municipality of Neum, which belongs to neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, divides the county in two parts which are connected only by the Pelješac Bridge. The southern part of the county consists of Dubrovnik and the surrounding area, including the Pelješac peninsula, and the islands of Korčula, Lastovo, Mljet, Šipan, Lopud and Koločep.
After the Republic of Dubrovnik acquired the Pelješac in 1334, it required the protection of Ston. First, in thirty years, one of the longest defense walls in Europe was erected on one side of the peninsula, and according to a unique project, two new towns were planned: southern Ston and northern Little Ston with the aim of encompassing people to preserve the boundaries and work in solanas ...
English: location map of Pelješac Bridge (red), avoiding Bosnia and Herzegovina territory for connection of Dubrovnik with the rest of Croatia Deutsch: Lage der Pelješac-Brücke (rot), welche eine Verbindung zwischen Dubrovnik und dem Rest von Kroatien erstellt ohne durch Bosnien und Herzegowina zu führen.
Proceedings fib Symposium in Dubrovnik Croatia. FIB - Féd. Int. du Béton. ISBN 978-953-95428-3-0. Jure Radić, Zlatko Šavor & Alex Kindij (10–11 October 2005). Innovations in Concrete Arch Bridge Design. Fourth International Conference on Current and Future Trends in Bridge Design, Construction and Maintenance.
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