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Once the highest railway bridge in the world, the Mala Rijeka Viaduct is still the pride of Montenegro.  Located above a deep cut some 650 feet (198 mtrs) high, the bridge was completed in 1973.  It was not until 2001, more than a quarter of a century later, that China surpassed it with the 902 foot (275 mtr) high Beipanjiang Railway bridge.  When India’s Chenab bridge opens sometime after 2015, the Mala Rijeka will fall to third placeThe Mala Rijeka can still lay claim to being the tallest railroad “viaduct” in the world since Beipanjiang and Chenab are arches.  It can also boast of being the second highest truss bridge in the world after the Glade Creek bridge in West Virginia, U.S.A.  The crossing is on the Belgrade - Bar line near Podgorica.  The word Mala Rijeka translates to Little River.   
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Once the highest railway bridge in the world, the Mala Rijeka Viaduct is still the pride of Montenegro.  Located above a deep cut some 650 feet (198 mtrs) high, the bridge was completed in 1973.  It was not until 2001, more than a quarter of a century later, that China surpassed it with the 902 foot (275 mtr) high Beipanjiang Railway bridge.  By the year 2025 China will have at least 20 more railway spans that are higherBut the Mala Rijeka can still lay claim to being the third highest truss bridge in the world after the Yuanjiang Railway Bridge and the Glade Creek bridge in West Virginia, U.S.A.  The crossing is on the Belgrade - Bar line near Podgorica.  The word Mala Rijeka translates to Little River.   
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:37, 16 February 2022

Mala Rijeka Viaduct
Podgorica, Montenegro
650 feet high / 198 meters high
495 foot span / 151 meter span
1973

2MalaRijeka.jpg


Once the highest railway bridge in the world, the Mala Rijeka Viaduct is still the pride of Montenegro. Located above a deep cut some 650 feet (198 mtrs) high, the bridge was completed in 1973. It was not until 2001, more than a quarter of a century later, that China surpassed it with the 902 foot (275 mtr) high Beipanjiang Railway bridge. By the year 2025 China will have at least 20 more railway spans that are higher. But the Mala Rijeka can still lay claim to being the third highest truss bridge in the world after the Yuanjiang Railway Bridge and the Glade Creek bridge in West Virginia, U.S.A. The crossing is on the Belgrade - Bar line near Podgorica. The word Mala Rijeka translates to Little River.


MalaRijekaFinalElev.jpg

Mala Rijeka Viaduct Elevation


1MalaRijekaCornelius BechtlerWikimedia.JPG

Image by Cornelius Bechtler.


3MalaRijekaAerial.jpg

Mala Rijeka Viaduct satellite image.


MoracicaLocationMap.jpg

Mala Rijeka Viaduct location map.