1,000+ Pulsar LEDs Illuminate State-of-the-Art Serbian BridgeThe Bridge on Ada spans the river Sava in Belgrade Serbia, crossing the tip of Ada Ciganlija Island and connecting the municipalities of Cukarica and Novi Beograd. Not only is it a designated landmark structure and one of the longest single-pylon cable-stayed bridges in the world, but the bridge also provides increased network capacity for the area's transportation infrastructure. After nearly five years of construction, the bridge officially opened the first of the year 2012, boasting 2,256 LED fixtures including 30 Pulsar RGB/LED ChromaFloods for the illumination of inner pylon and tip, and 1032 Pulsar LED ChromaStrips for the underside of the carriageway. The outer side of the pylon and stay cables were illuminated with 236 individual LED-2000 flood fittings manufactured by Musco Lighting, USA. The bicycle/foot paths were illuminated using 958 LEDs mounted in the handrail, manufactured by Planet Lighting, Australia. A team from Gulf Line International of Dubai led by Djordje Zdravkovic worked together with manufacturers and sub-contractors to complete the design, supply, supervision, and installation of all decorative lighting. The installation of the decorative lighting began at the end of November 2011. Gulf Line managed teams from the different manufacturers involved: Pulsar Light, Musco Lighting, Planet Lighting, as well as sub-contractors, DC Energocoop of Serbia. "The client's initial request was to illuminate the tip and faces of the 200m tall pylon (both inner and outer surfaces) along with the 80 stay cables supporting the bridge connected to the pylon, the underside of the carriageway and the bicycle/foot paths along the bridge's sides," explained Gulf Line assistant project director Igor Djordjevic. "The unique solution offered by Gulf Line used only LED fixtures, as requested by the client, to illuminate all parts of the bridge and in total, over 2,256 LED fixtures were used. Gulf Line's proposal utilized fixtures from several manufacturers around the world, specializing in different aspects of the project. Using this knowledge, and the fact that Pulsar focuses primarily on RGB LEDs and has a reputation as being amongst the best companies for dynamic color changing LED fixtures, Gulf Line detailed the request of the client, and together with Pulsar came up with the most effective solutions both price-wise and design-wise." "The Pulsar products met all of the requirements and the client was more than satisfied with the results," Djordjevic concludes. "Pulsar offers a high quality range of products with a very high level of service to go with them. They are primarily focused on color controllable LEDs and offer a very up-to-date set of products, which is extremely important when dealing with the ever changing LED technology." There were a few interesting after-effects of the installation to note says Djordjevic. "The cone-shaped tip of the pylon is made out of stainless steel, it is a bit of an unconventional surface to illuminate as it acts like a mirror reflecting most of the light away. The end result was an interesting and slightly unusual reflection where a single line is seen in the middle of the tip vertically going upwards and erupting into a bouquet of light, giving an almost 'exploding firework' effect. And while there is nothing unusual about the way the ChromaStrips were used on the underside of the carriageway, the fixtures themselves formed a magnificent reflection, which stretched across the river Sava's surface. Also, both Pulsar and Gulf Line believe that this might be the longest continuous LED line in the world!" 
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