Pag Bridge

The Pag Bridge (Croatian: Paški most) is the bridge that connects the island of Pag to the Croatian mainland. It is a 301 meters (988 ft) long, 9 meters (30 ft) wide bridge whose 201 meters (659 ft) long arch rises 35 meters (115 ft) above an Adriatic Sea strait called Ljubačka vrata.[1] It was opened on 17 November 1968, and it transformed life on the island of Pag to be able to function more as a peninsula.[1]

Pag Bridge
Coordinates	44.325°N 15.258°E / 44.325; 15.258
Carries	D106 road
Crosses	Adriatic Sea
Locale	Dalmatia, Croatia
Official name	Paški most
Maintained by	Hrvatske ceste
Characteristics
Design	concrete arch bridge
Total length	301 m
Width	9 m
Longest span	201 m
Clearance below	35 m
History
Opened	1968

The bridge was built by the local company Mostogradnja, designed by civil engineer Ilija Stojadinović, who also designed the nearby Šibenik Bridge.[1] The location of the bridge near Velebit causes the bridge to endure strong gusts of wind, the bora, and during the construction the wind speed was 8 on the Beaufort scale for a period of four months.[1] In a 2019 spring storm, the top wind speed on the bridge was 198 kilometres per hour (123 mph).[2]