New Bridge, Mitrovica
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The New Bridge (also known as Mitrovica Bridge, Ibar River Bridge or with the unofficial Austerlitz Bridge) is a steel truss bridge crossing the Ibar river in Mitrovica, Kosovo.[1] The New Bridge has become an iconic symbol of Kosovo division,[2][3] as it separates around 80,000 Kosovo Albanians in the south from around 50 000 Serbs and other nationalities living in the north.[4] It was used as a military checkpoint and provides a de facto boundary and buffer zone between the mainly ethnic Serbian populated North Kosovo and the rest of Kosovo which has an ethnic Albanian majority.[5] Today the bridge is open to pedestrians and there are only Carabinieri patrols from KFOR-MSU and Kosovo Police, but there is no longer any checkpoint.[6]
New Bridge Mitrovica Bridge Ibar Bridge Austerlitz Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 42°53′30″N 20°51′58″E |
Crosses | Ibar |
Locale | Mitrovica |
History | |
Engineering design by | Freyssinet company |
Opened | June 2001 |
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