General Information
Name in local language: | Podul peste Dunăre de la Brăila |
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Beginning of works: | 19 December 2018 |
Completion: | 6 July 2023 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
Secondary structure(s): |
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Location
Location: |
Tulcea, Romania Braila, Brăila, Romania |
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Crosses: |
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Coordinates: | 45° 18' 51.47" N 28° 0' 15.76" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
width | 31.7 m | |
total length | 2 194.3 m | |
main bridge | ||
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main span | 1 120 m | |
number of spans | 3 | |
vertical navigation clearance | 38 m | |
horizontal navigation clearance | 180 m | |
cables | number | 2 |
pylons | height | 192 m |
Materials
pylons |
reinforced concrete
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anchorages |
reinforced concrete
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
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
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. The bridge was contracted for 434 million euro in 2017 and signed in December 2018 with Astaldi and IHI Infrastructure Systems. 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. 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.
Specifications
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). The entire project is being built by the Astaldi and IHI Infrastructure Systems association, at an estimated cost of € 433 million.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Brăila Bridge" and modified on March 11, 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2023): Braila bridge: Design and construction of the cable system. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Long Span Bridges, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-28 April 2023, pp. 995-1002.
- (2022): Braila Suspension Bridge: Construction Methodology of the Pylons. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022, pp. 1251-1256.
- (2023): Innovative unloading and lifting system applied for deck erection of new suspension bridge across the Danube river in Romania. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Long Span Bridges, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-28 April 2023, pp. 560-567.
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11/03/2022 - Last updated on:
06/08/2023