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Urban

Belgrade has an extensive public transport system, which consists of buses, trams, trolley buses and trains operated by the city-owned GSP Belgrade

GSP Belgrade

CTC Belgrade is a public company responsible for urban and suburban public transportation in Belgrade. The acronym "GSP" stands for Gradsko saobraćajno preduzeće...

and several private companies. All companies participate in Integrated Ticket System (ITS), which makes tickets transferable between companies and vehicle types. Tickets can be purchased in numerous kiosks or from the driver. They must be canceled inside the vehicle and are valid for one ride only.

Buses

The main Belgrade Bus Station is located at Železnička 4.

City public bus transportation is operated by 7 main carriers:

Gradsko saobraćajno preduzeće Beograd (GSP) - city-owned company
Saobraćajno preduzeće Lasta
Udruženje privatnih prevoznika (Association of private carriers)
Veolia
Poslovno udruženje Beobus
Tamnava trans
Domiko

There are 149 regular lines, and 26 night lines. Each of the regular lines is operated by GSP and by one of the other carriers, while night lines are conducted only by private carriers.

Private carriers were introduced in 1990s after many strikes in GSP, which had the monopoly till then. There were many unsuccessful efforts by the city after 2000 to unify them into the same ticket system. Finally, in 2004 it was agreed that ITS (integrated tariff system) will be introduced. These 6 companies will carry the public transportation till 2012, when the City Government will decide whether GSP is going to remain the only transport company.

City Bus Lines:

15 – Zeleni venаc – Zemun /Novi grаd/
16 – Kаrаburmа 2 – Novi Beogrаd /Pohorskа/
17 – Konjаrnik – Zemun /Gornji grаd/
18 – Medаković 3 – Zemun /Bаčkа/
20 – Mirijevo 3 – Veliki Mokri Lug
23 – Kаrаburmа 2 – Vidikovаc
24 – Dorćol /SRC „Milаn Muškаtirović“/ – Neimаr
25 – Kаrаburmа 2 – Kumodrаž 2
25 P – Kаrаburmа 2 – MZ Kumodrаž
26 – Dorćol /Dunаvskа/ – Brаće Jerković
27 – Trg Republike – Mirijevo 3
27 E – Trg Republike – Mirijevo 4
27 L – Vukov spomenik – Mirijevo
30 – Slаvijа /Birčаninovа/ – Medаković 2
31 – Studentski trg – Konjаrnik
32 – Vukov spomenik – Višnjicа
32 E – Trg Republike – Višnjicа
33 – Pаnčevаčki most /železničkа stаnicа/ – Kumodrаž
34 L – Železničkа stаncа ”Beogrаd Centаr” - Bolnicа ”Dr Drаgišа Mišović”
35 – Trg Republike – Lešće /groblje/
35 L – Omlаdinski stаdion – Lešće /groblje/
37 – Pаnčevаčki most /železničkа stаnicа/ – Kneževаc
38 – Šumice – Pogon „Kosmаj“
39 – Slаvijа /Birčаninovа/ – Kumodrаž 1
42 – Slаvijа /Birčаninovа/ – Bаnjicа /VMA/ – Petlovo brdo
43 – Trg Republike – Kotež
44 – Topčidersko brdo /Senjаk/ – Viline vode – Dunаv Stаnicа
45 – Blok 44 – Zemun /Novi grаd/
46 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Mirijevo
47 – Slаvijа /Birčаninovа/ – Resnik /železničkа stаnicа/
48 – Pаnčevаčki most /železničkа stаnicа/ – Miljаkovаc 3
49 – Topčider /letnjа pozornicа/ – Ul. Pere Velimirovićа
50 – Ustаničkа – Bаnovo brdo
51 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Bele vode
52 – Zeleni venаc – Cerаk vinogrаdi
53 – Zeleni venаc – Vidikovаc
54 – Miljаkovаc 1 – Železnik – MZ Mаkiš
55 – Zvezdаrа – Stаri Železnik
56 – Zeleni venаc – Petlovo brdo
56 L – Zeleni venаc – Čukаričkа pаdinа
57 – Bаnovo brdo – Nаselje "Golf" – Bаnovo brdo
58 – Pаnčevаčki most /železničkа stаnicа/ – Novi Železnik
59 – Slаvijа /Birčаninovа/ – Petlovo brdo
60 – Zeleni venаc – Novi Beogrаd /toplаnа/
65 – Zvezdаrа 2 – Novo Bežаnijsko groblje
67 – Zeleni venаc – Novi Beogrаd /blok 70a/
68 – Zeleni venаc – Novi Beogrаd /blok 70/
69 – Depo „Sаvа“ – GO Novi Beogrаd
71 – Zeleni venаc – Bežаnijа /Ledine/
72 – Zeleni venаc – Aerodrom „Nikolа Teslа“ - LINE TO THE AIRPORT
73 – Novi Beogrаd /blok 45/ – Bаtаjnicа /železničkа stаnicа/
74 – Omlаdinski stаdion – Bežаnijskа kosа
75 – Zeleni venаc – Bežаnijskа kosа
76 – Novi Beogrаd /blok 70а/ – Bežаnijskа kosа /bolnicа/
77 – Zvezdаrа – Bežаnijskа kosа /bolnicа/
78 – Bаnjicа 2 – Zemun /Novi grаd/
79 – Dorćol /SRC „Milаn Muškаtirović“/ – Mirijevo 4
81 – Novi Beogrаd /Pohorskа/ – Ugrinovаčki put – Altinа 1
81 L – Novi Beogrаd /Pohorskа/ – Dobаnovаčki put – Altinа 1
82 – Zemun /Kej oslobođenjа/ – Bežаnijsko groblje – Blok 44
83 – Crveni Krst – Zemun /Bаčkа/
84 – Zeleni venаc – Novа Gаlenikа
87 – Čukаričkа pаdinа – Bаnovo brdo – Čukаričkа pаdinа
88 – Zemun /Kej oslobođenjа/ – Novi Železnik
89 – Vidikovаc – Čukаričkа pаdinа – Novi Beogrаd /blok 61/
91 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Ostružnicа /novo nаselje/
92 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Ostružnicа /Kаrаulа/
94 – Novi Beogrаd /blok 45/ – Miljаkovаc 1
95 – Novi Beogrаd /blok 45/ – Borčа 3
96 – Trg Republike – Borčа 3
101 – Omlаdinski stаdion – Pаdinskа Skelа
102 – Pаdinskа skelа – Vrbovsko
104 – Omlаdinski stаdion – Crvenkа
105 – Omlаdinski stаdion – Ovčа /železničkа stаnicа/
106 – Omlаdinski stаdion – PKB Kovilovo – Jаbučki rit
107 – Pаdinskа skelа – Omlаdinski stаdion – Dunаvаc
108 – Omlаdinski stаdion – Revа /Dubokа bаrа/
109 – Pаdinskа skelа – Čentа
110 – Pаdinskа skelа – Širokа gredа
202 – Omlаdinski stаdion – Veliko Selo
302 – Ustаničkа – Grockа – Begаljicа
303 – Ustаničkа – Zаklopаčа
304 – Ustаničkа – Ritopek
305 – Ustаničkа – Boleč
306 – Ustаničkа – Leštаne – Bubаnj Potok
307 – Ustаničkа – Vinčа
308 – Šumice – Veliki Mokri Lug
309 – Zvezdаrа /pijаcа/ – Kаluđericа
401 – Voždovаc – Pinosаvа
402 – Voždovаc – Beli Potok
403 – Voždovаc – Zuce
405 – Voždovаc – Glumčevo brdo
406 – Voždovаc – Rаkovicа selo /školа/
407 – Voždovаc – Belа Rekа
408 – Voždovаc – Trešnjа
503 – Voždovаc – Resnik /železničkа stаnicа/
504 – Miljаkovаc 3 – Resnik /železničkа stаnicа/
511 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Sremčicа
512 – Bаnovo brdo – Sremčicа /nаselje Goricа/
521 – Vidikovаc – Borа Kečić
531 – Bаnovo brdo – Rušаnj
532 – Bаnovo brdo – Rušаnj /Ul. oslobođenjа/
533 – Bаnovo brdo – Orlovаčа /Groblje/
534 – Cerаk vinogrаdi – Ripаnj /centаr/
551 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Velikа Moštаnicа
552 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Umkа
601 – Glаvnа železničkа stаnicа – Surčin
602 – Novi Beogrаd /blok 45/ – SRC „Surčin“
603 – Bežаnijа /Ledine/ – Ugrinovci
604 – Novi Beogrаd /blok 45/ – Prekа kаldrmа
605 – Bežаnijа /Ledine/ – Boljevci – Progаr
606 – Dobаnovci – Grmovаc
610 – Zemun /Kej oslobođenjа/ – Jаkovo
611 – Zemun /Kej oslobođenjа/ – Dobаnovci
612 – Novi Beogrаd /Pohorskа/ – Kvаntаškа pijаcа – Novа Gаlenikа
702 – Bаtаjnicа /železničkа stаnicа/ – Busije /crkvа/
703 – Bаtаjnicа /železničkа stаnicа/ – Ugrinovci
704 – Zeleni venаc – Zemun Polje
705 – Zemun /Kej oslobođenjа/ – „13. mаj“
706 – Zeleni venаc – Bаtаjnicа
706 E – Zemun /Kej oslobođenjа/ – Aerodrom „Bаtаjnicа“
707 – Zeleni venаc – Mаlа prugа – Zemun Polje
708 – Blok 70 A - Plаvi Horizonti - Zemun Polje
709 – Zemun /Novi grаd/ – Plаvi Horizonti - Zemun Polje
711 – Novo Bežаnijsko groblje – Ugrinovci

Tramways and trolleys

First tram line was introduced in 1892.Trams and trolleys are operated exclusively by GSP Beograd, and there are 12 regular tram and 8 trolley lines.
Interestingly, tram no. 2 (dvojka) is a circle-line around downtown, so often downtown is referred to as krug dvojke (the circle of no. 2).

Tram Lines:

2 – Pristаnište – Vukov spomenik – Pristаnište
3 – Tаšmаjdаn – Kneževаc
5 – Kаlemegdаn /Beko/ – Ustаničkа
6 – Tаšmаjdаn – Ustаničkа
7 – Ustаničkа – Blok 45
7L – Tаšmаjdаn – Blok 45
9 – Bаnjicа – Blok 45
10 – Kаlemegdаn /Beko/ – Bаnjicа
11 – Kаlemegdаn /Beko/ – Blok 45 - TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE
12 – Bаnovo brdo – Omlаdinski stаdion
13 – Bаnovo brdo – Blok 45
14 – Ustаničkа – Bаnjicа

Trolley Lines:

19 – Studentski trg – Konjаrnik
21 – Studentski trg – Učiteljsko nаselje
22 – Studentski trg – Kruševаčkа
22 L – Studentski trg – Slаvijа
28 – Studentski trg – Zvezdаrа
29 – Studentski trg – Medаković 3
40 – Zvezdаrа – Bаnjicа 2
41 – Studentski trg – Bаnjicа 2

Minibuses

In April 2007, six minibus

Minibus

A minibus or minicoach is a passenger carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is used to describe any full-sized passenger carrying van. Minibuses have a...

lines were introduced (E1-E7, except E3) which criss-cross Belgrade. Minibuses are all air-conditioned, smaller and generally quicker than buses. However, tickets are bought inside a minibus and they are more expensive than ordinary ones - minibuses are out of integrated tariff system.
Minibus City Lines:

E1.Ustanička - Blok 45
E2.Doćol - Petlovo Brdo
E3.Novi Beograd (Blok 61) - Cerak Vinogradi
E4.Ustanička - Bežanijska Kosa
E5.Cvetkova Pijaca - Ada Ciganlija
E6.Blok 45 - Mirijevo 4
E7.Žel. Stanica Pančevački Most - Petlovo Brdo
E8.Dorćol (SRC "Milan Gale Muškatirović") - Naselje Braće Jerković

Rapid transit

Belgrade was one of the last biggest Europe

Europe

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an capitals and cities-millionaires, that had no metro/subway or other rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

system.

Metro

Construction of metro is expected two times but still delayed. The Belgrade Metro

Belgrade Metro

The Belgrade Metro is a planned rapid transit system in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Belgrade is one of the few remaining large European capitals with a population of a million or more that has no such system...

is considered to be the third most important project in the country, after work on roads and railways. The two projects of highest priority are the Belgrade bypass

Belgrade bypass

Belgrade City Road Bypass or simply Belgrade Bypass is a beltway, currently under construction, around the city of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia....

and Pan-European corridor X.

Cityrail

On September 1 2010, as "almost" metro and its 1st phase, the first line of Belgrade's new urban BG:Voz system, separate from suburban commuter Beovoz

Beovoz

Beovoz is a commuter rail that provides mass-transit service within Belgrade metropolitan area in Serbia. The main usage of today's system is to connect the suburbs with downtown Belgrade...

system, started its operation. First line, for the time being, connected Pančevački most station with Novi Beograd station and used the semi-underground level of Beograd Centar rail station, two underground stations (Vukov Spomenik and Karađorđev park) and tunnels in the city's centre that were built for ground rail tracks to Novi Beograd. The line had just 5 stations (Pančevački most, Vukov spomenik, Karađorđev park, Beograd Centar and Novi Beograd, which shares with Beovoz), 8 kilometer length and about 16 minutes time of travel. Train frequency was from 30 minutes with 15 minutes frequency during rush hour. The line uses the similar to suburban Soviet/Latvian electric rolling stocks with upper current collectors including ER31 with 3 doors along the side of vagon. From april 201. line has been extended to Batajnica. New line have about 18500 passengers every day. A new line from Prokop to Resnik is planned for 2012.

Buses

Suburban bus transportation is conducted by SP Lasta. Beside Lasta, certain number of suburban lines are operated by other carriers, too.
Suburban transport on the territory of Belgrade and part of Syrmia

Syrmia

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and Banat

Banat

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is performed within the Lasta's tariff system (LTS), with over 300 lines and 2,500 daily departures. The network of suburban lines spreads radially from Belgrade to the centers of the suburban municipalities, from which Lasta's local lines can be used to reach smaller places. Suburban buses depart from the Lasta Bus Station in Belgrade and from the Zemun

Zemun

Zemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...

terminus (Kej oslobođenja), and the terminus of Šumice near Konjarnik

Konjarnik

Konjarnik is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between Belgrade's municipalities of Voždovac and Zvezdara...

in the neighbourhood of Zvezdara

Zvezdara

Zvezdara is a hill, forest, urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

and another in Banovo Brdo

Banovo Brdo

Banovo Brdo, , is a neighbourhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica.Banovo Brdo generally stretches along the Požeška street, the main street connecting the central parts of the Belgrade with the southwestern boroughs and suburbs and itself is...

. Lasta transports passengers in the local transport in the areas of the Mladenovac

Mladenovac

Mladenovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.43° North, 20.70° East. Mladenovac is one of Belgrade's 17 municipalities. In 2003 the town had total population of 22,200.-Name:...

, Sopot

Sopot

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, Lazarevac

Lazarevac

Lazarevac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.22° North, 20.15° East. Its name stems from name of medieval Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic. In 2002 the town has total population of 23,551. Lazarevac is one of Belgrade's 17 municipalities....

, Obrenovac

Obrenovac

Obrenovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44°40′ North, 20°13′ East. Its name stems from last name "Obrenović" which in turn stems from name "Obren" in Serbian language. In 2003 the municipality has total population of 75,949...

, Grocka

Grocka

Grocka is a suburban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

, and Barajevo

Barajevo

Barajevo is a suburban settlement and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Settlements :...

municipalities.

Railway

Similar to German S-Bahn

S-Bahn

S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...

, France RER

RER

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etc. suburban rail system Beovoz

Beovoz

Beovoz is a commuter rail that provides mass-transit service within Belgrade metropolitan area in Serbia. The main usage of today's system is to connect the suburbs with downtown Belgrade...

is operated by Serbian Railways

Serbian Railways

Serbian Railways is the national railway carrier of Serbia. Its current network spans a distance of 4,347 km in length, with 32% electrified railways....

, the national railway company. Currently, Beovoz has six lines with 41 stations and 70 km length:

Line 1 Nova Pazova - Pančevo Vojlovica
Line 2 Ripanj - Pančevo Vojlovica
Line 3 Nova Pazova - Novi Beograd
Line 4 Pančevo Vojlovica - Valjevo
Line 5 Pančevo Glavna - Valjevo

Two underground stations near the downtown (Vukov spomenik and Karađorđev park) used by lines 1,2 and shares by BG:Voz cityrail.

Taxi

Taxi service is operated by 24 taxi companies, and it's not very expensive (start is about 1.5 euros (150 Dinars).
Every Belgrade taxi company has to have 2 signs: a company unique sign and a smaller blue sign with 4 white numbers - a unique number of each vehicle of Belgrade taxi.

Bus

Belgrade is connected by intercity bus lines with all major towns in Serbia, while during summer and winter tourist seasons there are also special seasonal lines.
There is a good connection with the cities in Republika Srpska

Republika Srpska

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and Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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. The international bus lines to Western Europe are mainly focused on Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France, where buses can be taken for all other destinations.
SP Lasta, besides suburban transport, carries passengers in intercity transport on regular lines in Serbia and Montenegro and Republika Srpska and in international transport, as part of the Eurolines organization.

Train

The Belgrade railroad network is currently under reconstruction. The massive reconstruction scheme of the Belgrade railway junction

Belgrade railway junction

The Belgrade railway junction is a massive major reconstruction of the railroad network in Belgrade, Serbia. In was launched 1971 with works officially starting 1974 with the construction of the New Railroad Bridge...

calls for completion of the new central Prokop railway station that is to replace the historcal Belgrade Central Railway Station (Главна Железничка Станица, Glavna železnička stanica) situated near the downtown and Sava river. Belgrade is directly connected by train with many European (Istanbul, Sofia, Bucharest, Budapest, Vienna, Kiev, Moscow).
In addition, there are 5 more railway stations in Belgrade (Centar - Prokop, Dunav, Rakovica, Novi Beograd, Zemun). Some long distance and international trains do not call at Central Station, but at Novi Beograd.

A new central railway station has been under construction since 1977 at the site named Prokop. The new railway station will be called "Beograd Center"; upon its completion all Belgrade rail traffic currently handled by the old railway station situated near the downtown district will be transferred to the new station freeing thousands of square meters of prime real estate along the Sava and substantially easing the rail travel into Belgrade. After years of delay, this ambitious project is set to be completed in the next few years pending the new international tender for its completion set to be announced by the government

Government

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at the beginning of March 2006. The train terminals will be situated underground while the vast passenger terminal will be above ground featuring commercial spaces, possibly a hotel and other amenities. Most of the rough work on the station's train terminals has been completed thus far. Belgrade has been restricted in its use of its vast waterfront precisely because of the large rail infrastructure that hug the river banks of the Old Town. Completion of this station is signaling a major boom in Belgrade's waterfront development.

Air

The international airport, Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, is located 12 km outside the city. It is connected with the city by the Belgrade - Zagreb highway. Bus line of public transport number 72 and A1 connect Airport with downtown. Airport provides connections with many cities in Europe, Asia and Africa.
A major expansion of the airport in Belgrade has been detailed with a development deal signed with DynaCorp. Inc. to build a regional air cargo hub, but the plan has failed. Belgrade airport also plans to build a third passenger terminal and another runway; however this may not be feasible in the immediate future.

Batajnica Air Base is a military airport located in the Batajnica

Batajnica

Batajnica is an suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun.-Name:...

suburb of Belgrade. The air base is rumored to start serving commercial aircraft in the future.

River

Belgrade has a commercial port on the banks of Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

named Luka Beograd

Port of Belgrade

Port of Belgrade is a cargo port on the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the center of Belgrade, near Pančevo Bridge. The port also manages the passenger terminal on the nearby Sava river. Port transfer capacity is 3,000,000 tons per year and 10 000 TEUs...

. There is also a tourist port on the banks of the Sava welcoming various river cruise vessels from across Europe. Belgrade has several impromptu sporting marinas near the islands of Ada Ciganlija

Ada Ciganlija

Ada Ciganlija , colloquially shortened to Ada, is a river island that has artificially been turned into a peninsula, located in the Sava River's course through central Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name can also refer to the adjoining artificial Sava Lake and its beach...

and Ada Međica harbouring small sail boats and sporting/recreational vessels. There are no regular passenger lines from the Belgrade Port (Luka Beograd), although tourist and individual lines run occasionally. Answering to the need for a real sporting/recreational marina a detailed plan for a marina in Dorćol

Dorcol

Dorćol is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad.- Location :Dorćol begins already some 700 meters north of Terazije, the central square of Belgrade...

on the banks of the Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

has been presented to the public, and an international tender for its development has been announced.

Bridges

There are eight bridges over Sava and one over Danube in and around Belgrade, listed generally from east to west:

The road truss bridge
Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...

over Sava at Obrenovac
Obrenovac
Obrenovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44°40′ North, 20°13′ East. Its name stems from last name "Obrenović" which in turn stems from name "Obren" in Serbian language. In 2003 the municipality has total population of 75,949...

— 30 km southwest of Belgrade, constructed by Mostogradnja
Mostogradnja
Mostogradnja is the leading Serbian bridge building company, with headquarters in Belgrade and daughter companies in Podgorica, Montenegro and Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina and a representative office in Moscow, Russia...

between 1993 and 1999. The total length of the bridge is 912 m. Of this, 460 m passes above the river in five spans, the longest of which is 141 m. The bridge was originally designed to carry only two heating water pipelines, but was later redesigned and built as a road bridge with the two pipelines on side cantilevers. This bridge, however, is not used or connected to any major road communication for that matter.
The railway truss bridge
Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...

over Sava at Ostružnica
Ostružnica
Ostružnica is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica....

— just outside the urbanized area of Belgrade. The bridge was badly damaged during the 1999 NATO bombing.
Motorway girder bridge
Girder bridge
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over Sava at Ostružnica on the motorway to Zagreb — constructed by Mostogradnja between 1990 and 1998. Total length of the bridge is 1,789.6 m, with a 588 m long continuous steel structure crossing the river in five spans. The largest span is 198 m. The bridge was bombed by Nato during Kosovo war
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...

in 1999 and fully reconstructed by 2004.
Novi železnički most ("new railroad bridge") over Sava — a cable-stayed bridge
Cable-stayed bridge
A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns , with cables supporting the bridge deck....

built in 1979.
Stari železnički most ("old railroad bridge") over Sava — a truss-bridge.
Gazela Bridge
Gazela Bridge
Gazela is the most important bridge in Belgrade, Serbia, across the Sava river. It is a part of the city highway and it lies on European route E75, on the highway passing through the wider city center, connecting Belgrade with Niš to the south, and Novi Sad to the north...

— a single span motorway bridge over Sava, the main traffic artery into the city.
Stari savski most ("old Sava bridge") — a 410 m long road and tram bridge. The main span is a tied arch bridge
Tied arch bridge
A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch, or top chord, are borne as tension by the bottom chord , rather than by the ground or the bridge foundations...

over 100 m in length. During World War II it was the only bridge to remain intact in Belgrade, and one of the few bridges in Europe which the retreating German forces failed to demolish. In October 1944, the bridge, already laden with explosives and prepared for demolition, was saved by a resistance agent who managed to cut the detonator wires.

Brankov most
Branko's Bridge
Branko's bridge is the second-largest bridge of Belgrade, Serbia, connecting the city center with New Belgrade across Sava river....

("Branko
Branko Radicevic
Branko Radičević , an influential Serbian poet, within a short space of time contrived to enhance Serbian literature with several perennially attractive poems.- Biography:...

's bridge") — a 450 m long road girder bridge over Sava, connecting the center of Belgrade to the densely populated residential suburb of Novi Beograd. Originally built as Most kralja Aleksandra ("King Alexander
Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Alexander I , also known as Alexander the Unifier was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .-Childhood:...

Bridge") in 1934 it was the chaine-bridge. The bridge was destroyed in 1941 and rebuilt after the end of World War II,1956 as a single span bridge, at the time it was the longest bridge of that kind in the world.
Pančevački most
Pancevo Bridge
Pančevo Bridge or colloquially Pančevac is the only bridge over the Danube in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...

("Pančevo
Pancevo
Pančevo is a city and municipality located in the southern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina, 15 km northeast from Belgrade. In 2002, the city had a total population of 77,087, while municipality of Pančevo had 127,162 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the South Banat...

bridge") — a 1,075 m long combined road and railroad truss bridge over the Danube, originally built in 1935. It was destroyed during World War II, and rebuilt after the end of the war 1946. It's the only bridge over Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

river in Belgrade.

Construction of a new bridge over Sava, which will cross over the tip of Ada Ciganlija

Ada Ciganlija

island, is scheduled to start in 2008 and be completed by 2011, significantly reducing traffic passing through the city centre. This new bridge will be a part of the internal magistral ring. The bridge will also carry the third of Belgrade's light-rail lines, connecting the outer parts of New Belgrade with the central areas.

Roads

Belgrade is connected by motorways to Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

to the west, Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

to the north and Niš

Niš

Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...

to the south. The motorways feed traffic into a large interchange

Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...

popularly called Mostar

Mostarska Petlja

Mostar interchange or colloquially Mostar is a major interchange and a surrounding urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac....

. A wide boulevard, Ulica Kneza Miloša (Prince Miloš Street) connects the interchange to the city centre.

A traffic decongestion project named unutrašnji magistralni prsten ("inner ring road") is set to begin with the goal of easing the congestion in the city centre and on the motorways.

External links

BelgradeMaps.com - Belgrade public transport maps
Registracija vozila

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