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Svilaj Bridge across the River Sava connecting Svilaj in Croatia with Donji Svilaj in Bosnia and Herzegovina opened to traffic on Thursday and this 660-metre-long structure is located along the strategically important international Vc corridor.It is on the pan-European Vc corridor route between Budapest via Osijek and Sarajevo to the Croatian seaport in Ploe.The bridge was formally opened at a ceremony at which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi and Bosnia and Herzegovinas Prime Minister Zoran Tegeltija together cut the red ribbon.The six-lane bridge is 29 metre wide.The construction of the bridge started in 2016 and was completed in 2020.This was a joint 23.4 million investment of Croatias HAC motorway operator and the relevant authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the project was financed by Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina at a ratio of 5050 with 58 of Croatias share part being covered by EU funds from the Connecting Europe Facility CEF.Croatia ensured a grant amounting to almost 7 million from the Connecting Europe Facility for its half 11.7 million.The bridge was built in compliance with the bilateral treaty between the Croatian and Bosnian governments.
