New Europe Bridge

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The New Europe Bridge, also known as Danube Bridge 2 (Bulgarian: / 2, Most Nova Evropa/Dunav most 2, Romanian: Podul Noua Europă) is a road and rail bridge between the cities of Vidin, Bulgaria, and Calafat, Romania. It is the second bridge on the shared section of the Danube between the two countries. It is an extradosed bridge and was built by the Spanish company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, at the cost of €226 million. It was officially opened with a ceremony held on 14 June 2013. The first vehicles were allowed to cross the bridge after midnight, on 15 June 2013. It was previously known as Danube Bridge 2 (Bulgarian: 2, Dunav most 2, Romanian: Podul 2 peste Dunăre) and informally called the Vidin–Calafat Bridge or Calafat–Vidin Bridge (Bulgarian, Most Vidin–Kalafat, Romanian: Podul Calafat–Vidin). The latter is the most common name it receives in Romania.

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