The New Bridge

built in 1972 as the second one of the four bridges at the present time which join the right and left banks. The suspension bridge is 432 m long and there are three places from which it hangs on ropes made made of steel. It is 21 m wide with pavements for pedestrians on both sides of it. In the height o 80 m there is the rounded café Bystrica.

The Harbour Bridge

   built in 1984, consists of the bridge body, a four-linehighway which is nowadazs part of te motor way D1 which  is situated on te top level. The level below has two railway lines. It joins Bratislava, Austria and Hungary.The total length the four-field two-pier bridge which spans the river Danube is 461 m. On the both ides of the bridge there are ways for cyclists to ride to the opposite embankment                                                                 

 The Lafranconi Bridge

built in 1988 as the fourth one and for now the last finished bridge in Bratislava. At the same time bridge object where concrete made carrier construction was used is temporary provisional connected to the motorway D2. Its length is 766 m, consists of 6 fields / segments/and has one 11-metre-tall pier.                                                       

The Incheba Complex

The realization of its upbuilding took place between 1977 – 1990. The Incheba a.s. is an exhibition grounds where fair enterprises and congresses are organised and taken place providing sales-promoting compaighs using audiovisual system, representing foreign companies in the field of advertising.                                                

The most important business and shopping centres

Since 2000 first hypermarkets have started to appear in Bratislava / Carrefour, Tesco and Terno /. At the edge of Janko Krá¾´s park the biggest and most modern departament store called Aupark was established in 2001. There are 152 shops and fashion butiques, cluds, cafés, several restaurants, PC gambling rooms, amusement arcadewitin the complex. There we can find an ultramodern cinema, too as well as a poolroom with 36 tables and a playground for squash

 

Update 11. November 2004
Ing. Lýdia Haliaková