Brăila Bridge

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Brăila Bridge
Rendering of Brăila Bridge.jpg
Rendering by the Romanian road infrastructure management company, CNAIR
Coordinates45°18′52″N 28°00′12″E / 45.31452°N 28.00337°E / 45.31452; 28.00337Coordinates: 45°18′52″N 28°00′12″E / 45.31452°N 28.00337°E / 45.31452; 28.00337
CarriesFour lanes of roadway, two combined bicycle path/pedestrian walkways
CrossesDanube
LocaleBetween Brăila, Brăila County and Smârdan, Tulcea County
Official nameSuspended Bridge over the Danube in Brăila Area
Characteristics
DesignSuspension bridge
Total length2,194.3 m (7,199 ft)
Width31.7 m (104 ft)
Height192 m (630 ft) (towers)
Longest span1,120 m (3,670 ft)
Clearance below38 metres (125 ft) (at maximum high water)
History
Constructed byAstaldi and IHI Infrastructure Systems
Construction start2018
Construction end2023 (planned)
Location

The Brăila Bridge is a road suspension bridge in Romania, under construction since 2019 over the Danube river, between Brăila, a major city in eastern Romania, and the opposite bank of the river in Tulcea County. It will be the first bridge over the maritime Danube sector and the fourth bridge over the Romanian section of the river. At nearly 2 km in length, it will be the third-longest bridge in Europe. The bridge will improve road traffic accessibility of the Galați-Brăila area to Constanța and Tulcea, and connections between Moldavia, Muntenia and Dobruja regions.

Construction[]

The Brăila Bridge under construction, August 2021

First studies for a bridge in the Lower Danube region were done in 1986, but the first prefeasibility study was conducted in 1996. The final feasibility study was finished 2015 in I.S.P.C.F. SA and Pegaso Ingegneria.[1] The bridge was contracted for 434 million euro in 2017 and signed in December 2018 with Astaldi and IHI Infrastructure Systems.[2] In May 2021, the construction of the two main pillars had finished, and preparations had been started to deploy the first cables across the bridge.[3] On 20 August 2021, it was reported that the construction of the bridge is on schedule and that half of the bridge was already done.[4]

Specifications[]

The Brăila suspension bridge and the connecting road project

The project consists of the construction of a suspension bridge of 1,974.30 m (6,477.4 ft) length (with a 1,120 m (3,670 ft) main span, and two side spans of 489.65 m (1,606.5 ft) long on the Brăila bank of the river and 364.65 m (1,196.4 ft) long on the Tulcea bank of the river), two access viaducts of 110 m (360 ft) length on both sides (which will add to the length of the suspended bridge), and a connecting road with a total length of approximately 23 km (14 mi).[5] The entire project is being built by the Astaldi and IHI Infrastructure Systems association, at an estimated cost of € 433 million.[6][7]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Podul suspendat peste Dunare de la Braila - un proiect asteptat de peste 20 de ani - Proiecte Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". monitorizari.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. ^ "Italian-Japanese consortium to build EUR 430 mln Danube bridge". Romania Insider. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  3. ^ "Drulă, despre podul de la Brăila: Începe ridicarea platformei de lucru. Cablurile cântăresc 6.700 tone FOTO". adevarul.ro. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  4. ^ "Imagini impresionante. Podul suspendat peste Dunăre de la Brăila este deja gata pe jumătate". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  5. ^ Podul suspendat peste Dunare de la Braila - un proiect asteptat de peste 20 de ani (in Romanian)
  6. ^ "Așa va arăta podul peste Dunăre" (in Romanian). obiectivbr.ro. 2018-07-20.
  7. ^ "Începe construcția podului Tulcea - Brăila" (in Romanian). tulceanoastra.ro. 2018-12-20.

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