īeside the construction of the bridge, access roads at both sides of the bridge required construction, including 2 tunnels on Pelješac (one 2,170 metres (7,120 ft) and other 450 metres (1,480 ft) long) as well as two smaller bridges on Pelješac, (one 500 metres (1,600 ft) and another 50 metres (160 ft) long). Two pylons around the 200-metre (660 ft) x 55-metre (180 ft) navigation channel are 98 metres (322 ft) above sea level and 222 metres (728 ft) above the seabed. It comprises thirteen spans, of which seven are cable-stayed – five central 285-metre (935 ft) spans and two outer 203.5-metre (668 ft) spans. This design was modified, and the bridge is being built as a multi-span cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 2,404 metres (7,887 ft).
The original 2007 design for the bridge had a main span of 568 metres (1,864 ft). The bridge and its access roads are expected to be opened for traffic in June 2022. The bridge spans the sea channel between Komarna on the northern mainland and the peninsula of Pelješac, thereby passing entirely through Croatian territory and avoiding any border crossings with Bosnia and Herzegovina at Neum.Ĭonstruction started on 30 July 2018, and the bridge was connected on 28 July 2021. The purpose of the bridge is to provide a fixed link from the southeastern Croatian exclave to the rest of the country while bypassing Bosnia and Herzegovina's short coastal strip at Neum. The Pelješac Bridge ( / ˌ p ɛ lj ɛ ˈ ʃ ʌ t s/ Croatian: Pelješki most, pronounced ) is a bridge currently under construction in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia, designed by Slovenian engineer Marjan Pipenbaher.