Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge

Bridge in Vukovar-Syrmia, Croatia

Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge 25 May Bridge Мост '25. мај' (Serbian) or Мост Бачка Паланка-Илок (Serbian) Most Ilok-Bačka Palanka (Croatian)
View of the Bridge from Bačka Palanka riverbank
Coordinates	45°13′58″N 19°24′06″E / 45.2328°N 19.4017°E / 45.2328; 19.4017
Crosses	Danube
Locale	Bačka Palanka, Vojvodina, Serbia Ilok, Vukovar-Syrmia, Croatia
Named for	Relay of Youth
Preceded by	Erdut–Bogojevo Railway Bridge [Wikidata]
Followed by	Liberty Bridge, Novi Sad
Characteristics
Design	girder bridge
Total length	825 meters
History
Opened	1974
Rebuilt	2002
Location

The Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge or the 25 May Bridge crosses the Danube at its 1297th kilometer, connecting the towns of Ilok, Croatia and Bačka Palanka, Serbia. It is the 825 meters long single-carriageway road bridge, built as a box girder construction. It was opened in 1974 as the "25 May" Bridge, named after the birthday of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The bridge was damaged by airplane bombs during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia on 4 April 1999. After reconstruction, it was opened for truck and bus traffic on 30 April 2002.

The bridge is a border crossing itself, and there is an additional land crossing nearby, towards the village of Neštin in the west. It is the terminal point of the Croatian D2 road and a part of Serbian road M18.