Bridges
A bridge already crossed the Sava in the area in 20 BCE, in the Roman period, linking the towns of Emona, Celeia, and Neviodunum. Zidani Most is named after the bridge over the Sava that was built by the order of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria in 1224 and destroyed by Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1442, during his clashes with the Counts of Celje. The current road stone bridge over the Savinja was built in 1824–26 to the plans of the engineer Friedrich Byloff and linked the town of Celje and the Lower Sava Valley. The old railroad bridge that still stands was built in 1846–49 from 1260 stone blocks to the plans of the engineer Eduard Heider. Its construction was technically very demanding, because it had to follow a curve. Similarly technically demanding was the construction of the new reinforced concrete railroad bridge, built by the Slavec company from Kranj in 1929–30.
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Famous quotes containing the word bridges:
“There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)
“I will not let thee go.
I hold thee by too many bands:
Thou sayest farewell, and lo!
I have thee by the hands,
And will not let thee go.”
—Robert Bridges (1844–1930)
“And Reason kens he herits in
A haunted house. Tenants unknown
Assert their squalid lease of sin
With earlier title than his own.”
—Robert Bridges (1844–1930)