Solkan Bridge
The Solkan Bridge is a 219.7-meter arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. With an arch span of 85 meters, it is the world's longest stone arch railroad bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Solkan railway station and Sabotin.
Solkan railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Solkan railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 480 metres southwest of Solkan Bridge.
Sabotin
Peak
Photo: T137, Public domain.
Sabotin is 609-metre-high mountain ridge overlooking Gorizia, Nova Gorica, and Solkan on the border between Slovenia and Italy. At its foot stands the Solkan Bridge spanning the Soča River.
Solkan Hydroelectric Power Plant
Dam
Photo: JakobZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Solkan Hydroelectric Power Plant is a dam, which is situated 690 metres north of Solkan Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Solkan and Soča Valley.
Solkan
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Solkan is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.
Soča Valley
Photo: Malenki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Soča or Isonzo is a 138-kilometre long river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy. An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of 876 metres.
Kromberk
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kromberk is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. Together with its two satellite settlements of Ajševica and Loke, it forms one of the four major suburbs of Nova Gorica. Kromberk is situated 2½ km southeast of Solkan Bridge.
Solkan Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: stone arch railway bridge over Soča near Solkan, Slovenia
- Categories: arch bridge, stone bridge, and transportation
- Location: Nova Gorica, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.97855° or 45° 58′ 43″ northLongitude
13.6517° or 13° 39′ 6″ eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
8FQMXMH2+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1192342552OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Solkan Bridge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “pont de Solkan”
- Czech: “Solkanský most”
- Dutch: “Solkan Bridge”
- Esperanto: “Solkan-ponto”
- French: “pont de Solkan”
- French: “Pont de Solkan”
- German: “Salcanobrücke”
- Hungarian: “Solkan híd”
- Hungarian: “Solkan-híd”
- Italian: “ponte di Salcano”
- Italian: “Ponte di Salcano”
- Japanese: “ソルカン橋”
- Polish: “Most Solkański”
- Polish: “Most Sołkański”
- Polish: “Solkanski most”
- Russian: “Солканский мост”
- Serbian: “Солкански железнички мост”
- Slovenian: “Solkanski most”
- Slovenian: “Železniški most”
- Spanish: “puente de Solkan”
- Spanish: “Puente de Solkan”
- Swedish: “Solkanbron”
- Tatar: “Солкан күпере”
- Ukrainian: “Солканський залізничний міст”
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