Croatia opens 'historic' China-built bridge, bypassing Bosnia linking coastal regions

Croatia on Tuesday opened a long-awaited bridge connecting two parts of the country's Adriatic Sea coastline while bypassing a small sliver of Bosnia's territory.
The 2.4km (1.5-mile) cable-stayed Peljesac bridge with total cost of 525 million Euros was built by China and largely funded by the European Union.
The bridge's span reaches out from the Croatian mainland to the Peljesac Peninsula, that connects with Croatia's southern Adriatic coast the popular tourist destination of Dubrovnik bypassing a narrow strip of Bosnian territory.
Construction of the Peljesac Bridge started in July 2018 and was completed on time, despite the pandemic.
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[@lilienhilaire8590]

Outstanding. Congrats Croatians

[@powertrip6426]

China just keeps building with other countries and it's so inspiring! I hope other countries take note of this (mine included) so we can learn to live in peace with each other! From USA with love ❤

[@eighty88eight]

Building bridges. Truly inspiring. Thank you China.

[@believein1]

Physical bridges and cultural bridges.

[@drno1257]

Being Croatian it is finally over !! this bridge was very much needed. Thanks China

[@KS-ol6wi]

The EU paid for it

[@BruhImAGirl]

@@KS-ol6wi not really, Croatia pays a high price for everything “funded by EU”. If you look how much money Croatia pays to EU and how much it gains, Croatia got the shortest straw.

[@ninersnation3298]

Wait a minute but the US said this bridge is useless that connects to nowhere and it is a Chinese debt trap. I’m glad Croatians spoke up.

[@drno1257]

@@ninersnation3298 This bridge connects Croatia let me explain the best i can do ,, when you travel from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Croatia trough city of Metkovic first you enter Croatia then you leave Croatia and enter again BiH city of Neum and then again another border and you re in Croatia not far from Dubrovnik ,, but with this bridge you will not have borders you will travel across semi island of Peljesac..

[@KS-ol6wi]

@@ninersnation3298 china didnt pay for it the EU did

[@smwk2017]

I am so happy for Croatia.

[@georgequek7996]

Great bridge for croatia attracts more tourists make this country richer and peaceful guys.👍👍

[@Patendyck76]

You should call it The Friendship Bridge, it looks stunning.

[@awu814]

Beautiful bridge❤️ and it took only 4 years to built. Sadly my country (the States) cannot do that especially with the pandemic still happening. ✨Congratulations to all Croatians👍.

[@0157matt]

Congratulations Croatia and congrats to China too.

[@awu814]

@@0157matt yes, China can build beautiful structures . 是建基狂魔👍👍👍👍👍👍🇨🇳

[@wyodragon4325]

@@awu814 Yes, USA can bomb beautiful structures.

[@eighty88eight]

Pandemic . . not stopping your country supplying missiles, which are destroying bridges. Sad or evil ?

[@awu814]

@@eighty88eight As an American citizen…some of us disagree with what our government is doing. They are using our tax money to supply to “that country 🤡” it makes me very angry😡. We need those funds to help our low income families. It is a sad situation for us, and an evil act towards the world. And yes, since, I don’t agree on the vision in our government, my family will be moving away and relocating.

[@estoyaqui5386]

China built another bridge in concrete - and one more bridge in trust :) Nice to see that a large economy helps the smaller ones with building big projects.

[@Winter_Jasmine]

Congrats 🎉

[@huoyeh4319]

Bravo! !!!! CHINA is a shining example of successful humanity-centered governance.

[@deltasquared7777]

No one in the world comes even remotely close to China's ability to design and build bridges

[@Zagoreni02A]

This bridge was not designed by Chinese, it was only build by Chinese company. It was designed by Slovenian architect.

[@haniahannslew4108]

I am glad Chinese premier Li KeQiang said ""Chinese companies won the project through a public tender in a fair competition in accordance with market principles and.." that for all audiences during the bridge opening ceremony televised region/continentwide. Although It sounds like pro pa gen da, but he still has to say it out to burst the myths and rumors from jealous and unfriendly people saying bad things about China using bribery, unfair and state-sponsored bidding to gain political influences. Chinese companies bidded on this project with the goal to expand their businesses and sell their bridge building tech, not for gaining political influences.

[@haniahannslew4108]

@wwss22qq qq22ssww Don't judge a book by its cover. The negative image of communisim in Europe is created by those haters. Communism is not bad and even better than those capitalism that wants to control the poor and everyone under the name of "human rights" and "democracy". Those capitalists are not democractic and have no human rights. Otherwise, the rich-poor gap would not be so large in western world.

[@haniahannslew4108]

@wwss22qq qq22ssww Also you from urobe* should notice that communism doesn't go around to invade, colonized and loot other people's resouces. But NATO western countries (including eurobe and us) go around to invade, kill, colonize and loot.

[@Kokolo-ze2cp]

Proud of our Croatian construction workers, engineers and skillful captains that brought material all the way from China to Croatia, many thanks for all the help!

[@TheTraveler2222]

Err.. I think the materials came from China with the Chinese firms? What does Croatia engineers to do with it?

[@Kokolo-ze2cp]

@@TheTraveler2222 they have to do a lot with it, without educated people aka engineers you can't build a bridge it's simple logic what's not clicking? The material was brought all the way from China by skillful Croatian captains, not an easy feat considering the distance.

[@TheTraveler2222]

@@Kokolo-ze2cp yeah but their Chinese engineers!that’s kinda why the EU paid the Chinese firm over 500 million Euros

[@Kokolo-ze2cp]

@@TheTraveler2222 nope it's clearly stated that that main engineers were Croatians and everything that was made had to go through them and the main architect of the bridge Marjan Pipenbaher a fellow neighbor Slovene. The EU mainly paid for the material and construction force that the Chinese firm had to offer. A really successful collaboration.

[@realtalk675]

Thank you china 🇨🇳 ❤️🇭🇷 this is needed for so long. I can finally visit my grandmother !

[@raven_skywalker1001]

Good News.

[@zdravkoleski2375]

Impressive 525million thats cheap! In victoria australia thats train level crossing removed outrageous!

[@Zagoreni02A]

Actually 525mil is wrong i think its 325mil in total.

[@iqbang9236]

Thank you, Croat! China recently built a huge bridge in Bangladesh on time and on budget. But they never mention China in the opening ceremony. All praise towards their president!

[@waka8572]

对的，孟加拉人民几乎都认为是自己弄出来的，大部分人对中国完全没有敬意

[@mrjithinpj]

This is because the word 'Made in China products are like a non-guaranteed item.

[@IrvanAbidin-cy1lj]

​@@mrjithinpjjealous

[@lvjinbin28]

thanks to Chinese company and local workers!

[@BruhImAGirl]

And other firms can’t make a few meters of road in this time. If Chinese made other surrounding roads it would be less expensive and done more quickly than with these European firms

[@youmemeyou]

Øk

[@mickday5234]

This how Croats’ gov. getting theirs 10% , they have to make living you now!?

[@BruhImAGirl]

@@mickday5234 I have a feeling they got more than 10% from Austrian part of the project 🤫

[@BruhImAGirl]

@wwss22qq qq22ssww if we’re talking abt Croatia, I’ve been here my whole life and the speed is really important. Every single one of our road construction lasts 1-2 months and all projects are extremely expensive and they don’t even pay their workers. Most people are virtually unemployed during the winter season and many are really poor.

[@BruhImAGirl]

@wwss22qq qq22ssww well I am not chinese one bit and I have a feeling everyone else is robbing us when they try to do anything. We had 1 road viaduct paid 158 million € so yeah… And God’s will is definetely not mass destruction so why are you even mentioning. NATO. and God in the same sentence

[@victorkmlee]

Congratulations Croatia!

[@poconosgiant3255]

Amazing

[@jaimz33]

China USA judge them by their actions. China is way ahead.

[@phanhuang]

Outstanding bridge.

[@mariocroatia9321]

Thank You China.... ❤ from Croatia

[@Zagoreni02A]

Frankly to me, i don't give a frak who build the bridge, to me its important that bridge is built and in service. When you experience once the traffic jams at Croatian-Bosnian border in the middle of summer (twice, since you need to cross border on two locations) on a heat then you understand how important is to have some new connection that will prevent that. To Croats its important because we waited for very long time to connected our territory. Now this bridge also reduce travel and more importantly no more jams. So, European money, Slovenian designed bridge, built by Chinese workers, i do not care whos money, who designed it and who built it, all that matter is that its built, finally.

[@eighty88eight]

Great Croatia saved half a billion dollars, and had it built, 2 years before time. Marvelous industrial achievement China.

[@hpw-ws6bj]

Padma a month ago and now this new bridge. China is amazing.

[@jonasannor7566]

The WIN WIN policy of the Chinese is at work...👍👍👍

[@sak1730]

Well done China

[@lokesh303101]

Good China.

[@eu-chan-_-939]

🎉🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝👏

[@elvisp4059]

was that biult during covid ?

[@jakovcu]

Yes

[@TheTraveler2222]

China priced itself too low, they could have priced it at a billion euros and it would still be a bargain

[@Gopherminator]

US build more weapons to destroy bridges?

[@mickday5234]

How much euros to cross the bridge!?

[@gilemakarona6038]

There is no toll, free to cros over.

[@ninersnation3298]

What the hell!?! US said Croatia is poor. How the heck the Croatian fund this half billion Euros bridge!? Here in the US, almost all the bridges have bridge tolls!!!!

[@elusive842]

@@ninersnation3298 The European Union paid for 85% of the cost so that has been of great help.

[@xz1891]

Bh must be unhappy

[@mudshovel289]

Croatia should probably build their own infrastructure.

[@mrjithinpj]

Yah. China will invade and destroy as much as it invades other countries

[@deborahdean8867]

Funded by the EU?

[@gilemakarona6038]

Yes, 85 % of cost.

[@deborahdean8867]

@@gilemakarona6038 so why is china getting all the credit?

[@strongchallenger2269]

@@deborahdean8867 Why? You have an issue? Can you build it in 4 years? Are you racist?

[@ninersnation3298]

SF bay bridge (the eastern portion) was built by the Chinese and its bid was like $200M less than the next bid, the French. US is so frigging weak. They couldn’t built sht anymore unless it is 2X the cost of the Chinese. Where are the Bectels and Halliburtons!?!

[@scy3894]

@@deborahdean8867 did you see it in western news?

[@quychau6722]

Dont believe chinese quality,

[@jonasannor7566]

Let the owner of the bridge decide.....jealousy!

[@Mysterious_Person.87]

Western European People Detected 😂

[@connectedonline1060]

Dictator bridge

[@yourrsenpai1736]

Nice another trap

[@ibcyt]

Exactly a EU Debt trap, gonna end up like Greece soon.

[@AugustusOmega]

you get China is the most technologically advanced and competitive infrastructure builder in the World...who you gonna call? Ustates? England? WHO is going to build world class infrastructure on time and on budget.

[@yuv06]

Another avoided trap if you've taken IMF loan that's a trap

[@asdf3568]

how you coping seeing China winning?

[@sakerfalcon5199]

@@AugustusOmega not advanced, just cheaper compare to german or american and chinese 10 workers would live in one room, and germans wouldn't