A competition to select a conceptual designer for a bridge between Split and Kaštela has been won by a collaboration between Studio 3LHD of Zagreb and Slovenian company Pipenbaher inženirji.
Hrvatske Ceste, the Croatian roads agency, said that there were twelve anonymous entries. A jury then decided the winner of the US$69,000 prize.
The bridge will create a more direct connection between Split and the suburb of Kaštela. It will carry four lanes of traffic, as well as pedestrians and cyclists. The structure will have sufficient clearance for marine traffic using the port terminals.
The estimated construction cost of the chosen design will be US$258 million. The range of costs for all the competition entries was between US$188 million and US$521 million.
Hrvatske Ceste is not sharing concept drawings yet, but proposals included various different kinds of structure. The judging panel was impressed by the winning entry because of its structural rationality, the design quality and the way it integrated the coastal landscape.
The contract for building the bridge was awarded to China Bridge and Road Corporation in 2023 (link opens in new tab).
