Chavdar bridge, Sofia, Road bridge in Hadzhi Dimitar district, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Chavdar Bridge is a double overpass near the centre of Sofia, made of two almost parallel bridges built at different times. It links the end of Knyaz Aleksandar Dondukov Boulevard with the start of Vladimir Vazov Boulevard, between the Suhata Reka and Hadzhi Dimitar housing estates, crossing General Danail Nikolaev Boulevard and several railway lines.
The old Chavdar Bridge was built in the 1950s; its construction destroyed the small Tsarska stop that stood on the Plovdiv–Sofia railway line at the same spot. A second, higher bridge was added in the late 1980s on the southeastern half of the crossing, allowing one-way traffic on each of the two nearly parallel spans.
Located near Victory Apartments and Private Surgical Hospital Saint Bogoroditsa, the bridge functions within a mixed residential and medical services area.
The bridge carries trolleybus and bus lines and has lanes for cars and paths for pedestrians. It links the end of Knyaz Aleksandar Dondukov Boulevard with the start of Vladimir Vazov Boulevard between the Suhata Reka and Hadzhi Dimitar housing estates. The newer southeastern span is higher than the old one, and each bridge now takes one-way traffic.
The old bridge of the 1950s replaced a small Tsar's halt on the Plovdiv–Sofia railway line, which was demolished when the span went up. The newer, taller bridge was added at the end of the 1980s in the southeastern half of the crossing, letting each span carry one-way traffic.
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