The Maslenica Bridge (, also known as ) is a deck arch bridge carrying the D8 state road spanning the Novsko Ždrilo strait of the Adriatic Sea approximately to the west of the settlement of Maslenica, Croatia and south of the D54 and D8 state roads junction. It was built in 2005 on a site of a similar bridge that was destroyed in 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence. Structure The bridge is long, measured between the abutments, comprising a steel arch supporting a reinforced concrete deck executed as a continuous girder across 17 spans: + 2 x + + 7 x + + 4 x + . The deck structure comprises a grillage consisting of the deck slab with longitudinal girders and cross-girders. The thick reinforced concrete deck slab is supported by the cross-girders set apart and the longitudinal girders set apart and made composite. The bridge piers and spandrel columns comprise hollow square cross-section. Size of the squares (edge) varies depending on height of the piers and columns from 650 mm to 850 mm, except for the columns at the springing which are wide. The arch spans , with an arch rise of . The arch comprises a box cross section and provides a clearance below the bridge. The first Maslenica Bridge The original Maslenica Bridge was designed by Vojislav Draganić of Inženjerski Projektni Zavod (IPZ) between 1955 and 1960. By 1989, wear caused by heavy traffic and inadequate maintenance became significant, including cracks on the cross-girders and a pier. That led to a half-year-long suspension of freight traffic across the bridge while it was repaired. The issues with the spandrel structure and the piers were remediated at that time by strengthening the pier and column cross-sections and by repairs to the cross-girder joints. During the summer of 1990, the bridge was once again in full operation, followed by another period of restricted use while the rehabilitation works were completed. The bridge was destroyed by explosives on 21 November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence. Prior to its demolition it represented the last road link between Zagreb and Split left intact within the territory controlled by the government of the Republic of Croatia thereby being of immense importance. Pontoon bridge In July 1993, as control of the bridge general area was restored to the Republic of Croatia, a pontoon bridge was completed near the location of