{"id":9675,"date":"2026-10-11T11:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2026-10-11T11:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:56:04","slug":"ura-e-re-mbi-bune-lidhja-e-ulqinit-me-velipojen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/ura-e-re-mbi-bune-lidhja-e-ulqinit-me-velipojen\/","title":{"rendered":"The new bridge over Buna connecting Ulcinj with Velipoje!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two important infrastructure projects are expected to change in the coming years the way of connecting the north of Albania with Montenegro. The focus is on two new bridges over the Buna River, which are connected to various road and tourism projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of them is part of the highway project\u00a0<\/span>Muriqan-Lezh\u00eb<\/span>, the northern segment of the Adriatic\u2013Ionian Corridor, known as the Blue Corridor.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bridge planned on this axis will have a length of approx\u00a0<\/span>480 meters<\/span>\u00a0and width of\u00a0<\/span>29.5 meters<\/span>, while its central space will be approx\u00a0<\/span>200 meters<\/span>. It will be built as part of a four-lane highway and aims to create a new road connection with Montenegro, also facilitating transit traffic on the existing network.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the new infrastructure on Buna does not end there.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bridge that connects Velipoja with Ulcinj<\/span><\/p>\n

Another project envisages the construction of\u00a0<\/span>Pulaj-St. Nicholas bridge<\/span>, which will create a direct connection between the area of \u200b\u200bVelipoja and the territory of Montenegro, with continuation towards\u00a0<\/span>Ulcinj<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In June 2026, the Montenegrin authorities announced that they had received from the Albanian side\u00a0<\/span>three conceptual variants<\/span>\u00a0for this bridge. According to them, the technical cooperation between the two countries would continue to determine the most suitable solution.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project also envisages the creation of a\u00a0<\/span>common border point Saint Nicholas-Pulaj<\/span>, which would make the connection between the two countries more functional.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike the Blue Corridor bridge, this project is not only aimed at vehicular traffic. The concept also provides space for\u00a0<\/span>cyclists and pedestrians<\/span>, giving the bridge a special importance for the development of tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two influential projects in the north<\/span><\/p>\n

If both bridges are completed, Shkodra and the surrounding areas will have two new connection corridors over Buna, with different functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Blue Corridor will strengthen the connection of the north of Albania with the main European road network in the north-south direction, while the Pulaj-Sh\u00ebn Nikol\u00eb bridge is expected to create a new axis between\u00a0<\/span>Velipoja and Ulcinj<\/span>, with great potential for tourism and cross-border movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond traffic relief, the implementation of these projects can affect the way tourism develops in Velipoj\u00eb, the infrastructural relations between Albania and Montenegro and Shkodra's position in the regional transport network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dy projekte t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00ebsishme infrastrukturore pritet t\u00eb ndryshojn\u00eb n\u00eb vitet e ardhshme m\u00ebnyr\u00ebn e lidhjes s\u00eb veriut t\u00eb Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb me Malin e Zi. N\u00eb fokus jan\u00eb dy ura t\u00eb reja mbi lumin Buna, t\u00eb cilat lidhen me projekte t\u00eb ndryshme rrugore dhe turistike. Nj\u00ebra prej tyre \u00ebsht\u00eb pjes\u00eb e projektit t\u00eb autostrad\u00ebs\u00a0Muriqan\u2013Lezh\u00eb, segmenti verior i…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lajme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9679,"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675\/revisions\/9679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shqiperiaimeunike.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}