Solkan Bridge

The Solkan Bridge is a 219.7-meter arch bridge over the near in western . With an arch span of 85 meters, it is the world's longest stone arch railroad bridge.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Solkan railway station and Sabotin.

Railway stop
Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway stop, which is situated 480 metres southwest of Solkan Bridge.

Peak
Photo: T137, Public domain.
is 609-metre-high mountain ridge overlooking , , and on the border between Slovenia and Italy. At its foot stands the Solkan Bridge spanning the .

Dam
Photo: JakobZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a dam, which is situated 690 metres north of Solkan Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Solkan and Soča Valley.

Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western , at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.

Photo: Malenki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Soča or Isonzo is a 138-kilometre long river that flows through western and northeastern . An river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of 876 metres.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western . Together with its two satellite settlements of and , it forms one of the four major suburbs of . is situated 2½ km southeast of Solkan Bridge.

Solkan Bridge

Latitude
45.97855° or 45° 58′ 43″ north
Longitude
13.6517° or 13° 39′ 6″ east
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
8FQMXMH2+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1192342552
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
11993918
Wiki­data ID
Q12363
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Satellite Map

Discover Solkan Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Turkish: “Solkan Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Солканський залізничний міст”

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