Solkan Bridge - The Solkan Bridge (Slovene: Solkanski most, Italian: Ponte di Salcano) is a 220 m stone bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. With an arch span of 85 m, it is the second-longest stone arch in the world and the longest stone arch among train bridges. It was built in the time of the Secession, between 1900 and 1905, and officially opened in 1906.  The bridge was designed by the architect Rudolf Jaussner and engineer Leopold Oerley, initially with…