Carinthian Bridge

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Carinthian Bridge (Slovene: Koroški most) is a bridge crossing the river Drava in Maribor, Slovenia on the route of the main road G1-1, section 0726/0326. The bridge was designed by the Maribor engineering firm Ponting, with Marjan Pipenbaher as the chief designer. The investors for the construction were the Republic of Slovenia and the urban municipality of Maribor, The contractor was Gradis - Engineering Company Ljubljana, p. o., which began construction in January 1994. At a ceremony on October 19, 1996, the bridge was opened to traffic by the then mayor of Maribor, Alojz Križman.

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