The Millennium Bridge spans the Morača River in Podgorica, Montenegro. Marjan Pipenbaher of Ponting Bridges in Slovenia designed it with Mladen Ulićević of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. Construction began in 2005, and the bridge opened on July 13, 2005. The article does not name a client or the materials.
It is a cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 568 feet (173 meters) and a main span of 459 feet (140 meters). The pylon rises 187 feet (57 meters). Twelve cables support the deck, and twenty-four more are attached to counterweights.
The bridge has two traffic lanes and a pedestrian walkway in each direction. The article gives the cost as about 7 million euros.
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