Servia's High Bridge, Road bridge over Lake Polyfytos near Servia, Kozani, Greece
Servia's High Bridge is a road bridge in the Kozani region that spans Lake Polyphytos for 1372 meters. It rises approximately 55 meters above the water level and links multiple areas across northern Greece.
Tendered on 16 March 1972, the bridge was built by the Xekte SA–Skapaneus SA joint venture, with design by Xekte's study department working with Riccardo Morandi. It opened on 6 November 1976 alongside the artificial Lake Polyfytos on the Aliakmonas. Inspections followed the 1995 Kozani earthquake and again in 2012.
The bridge carries the EO3/E65 road between Kozani and Servia, and its deck is used daily by local traffic crossing the artificial Lake Polyfytos. It is one of two bridges over the lake, the other being the 615 m Rymnios Bridge near Aiani. The name Servia High Bridge comes from the nearby town of Servia, and the lake takes its name from the village of Polyfytos submerged by the reservoir.
Since 16 March 2023 the Western Macedonia Region has banned all traffic on the bridge, including cars and vehicles under 3.5 tonnes, because cracks were widening daily. Restoration work began that March and was completed within the year, when the bridge reopened. Check current conditions before planning a crossing.
The bridge was tendered on 16 March 1972 and built by the Xekte SA–Skapaneus SA joint venture, with the design study by Xekte's study department working with professor Riccardo Morandi. When a restoration study was tendered in 2015 and 2016, the responsible service could not find the bridge's technical specifications in any agency's archives.
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