A three way partnership between Austrian contractors Porr and Strabag has received a €217m contract to switch a 1.8km bridge within the Austrian Alps.
The 55-year-old Luegbrücke is a part of the A13 Brenner motorway by means of the Tyrol.
A bridge can be constructed alongside the present construction, to be accomplished by the top of 2027. Site visitors will then be diverted to it, permitting the outdated bridge to be demolished.
At current, round 32,000 automobiles use the bridge a day.
To take care of logistics, the workforce will herald supplies throughout the close by river Sill, which Strabag says will contain the development of a 110m-long construction with pillars as much as 60m excessive.
Karl-Heinz Strauss, Porr’s chief government, mentioned: “The intense hillside location presents unparalleled logistical challenges for each the brand new development and demolition, and the scale of the construction over the Sillschlucht gorge are additionally with out peer in Austria.”
Klemens Haselsteiner, Strabag’s chief government, mentioned: “The Luegbrücke, a key a part of the Brenner motorway and one in every of Austria’s busiest site visitors routes, has reached its load restrict after greater than half a century.
“Our purpose is to rapidly construct a brand new bridge that meets the very best security necessities and offers a dependable connection for a lot of a long time to return, by way of cautious planning and the usage of cutting-edge development strategies.”
The substitute bridge is because of be in place by the top of 2030.
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