The 123 meters long bridge spans the Savinja River with two asymmetric spans of 75 and 48 meters and one river support, located outside the main watercourse on a gravel deposit formed as a hydraulic consequence of the river current flow.
The bridge connects the main Laško – Šmarjeta road on the right bank of the Savinja River with the Laško – Šentjur road on the left. The bridge will significantly divert heavy freight transport, serving the Pivovarna Laško brewery, from Laško’s centre.
The bridge's design has a negligible impact on the river current and preserves the cultural heritage of the veduta to the church in Marija Gradec. Ponting designed the bridge as a continuous prestressed frame structure over two fields with a box-shaped cross-section of variable construction height and an asymmetrically placed river support. Within the project, we also designed a larger anchored retaining wall, ensuring the stability of an extensive cut along the reconstructed main regional road behind the bridges western approach.
The construction of a new bridge over the Savinja River in Laško began in mid-July 2019 and opened to traffic in February 2021.
