New Danube Bridge Between Bulgaria and Romania Gets Go-ahead
Bulgarian authorities on Sunday gave the formal go-ahead for the building of a new bridge over the Danube. The bridge will connect the northwest town of Vidin with Kalafat in Romania, shortening the land route from Sofia to northern and western Europe by more than 300 km.Currently, only one bridge linking Rousse and Giurgiu, 250km northeast of Bulgaria’s capital, connects the two countries along their 500km river border. Facing that longer route, most Bulgarians prefer to travel to Europe via Serbia.
The completion of the new bridge, scheduled for 2010, is expected to redirect a significant part of the traffic now using the Serbian route.
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