Major Adriatic Sea bridge connects coastline in Croatia

The new bridge in Croatia (AP)

A major European Union-funded bridge built by a Chinese company has been connected over the Adriatic Sea, linking two swathes of the Croatian coastline that are divided by a small stretch of Bosnia’s territory.

The China Road and Bridge Corporation won an international bid in 2018 to construct a 1.5 mile-long bridge. The construction is 85% financed by the EU and is a rare Chinese project in Europe that went through a regular bidding process.