On November 26, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility announced in a press release the approval of the viaduct project which will replace the current Tremor viaduct on the A-6passing through Torre del Bierzo, in the province of León.
According to his mministry, the state ofThe existing viaduct is the reason why HE will create a new one. In recent years, a special inspection and several studies have been carried out to check status conservation with auscultation instruments for real-time monitoring of its structural behavior. Because of heit was decided to replace it with a viaduct which will include two new structures 480 meters long through a variant of development parallel to the existing one.
What will be the characteristics of this new viaduct?
The length of the bridge of 480 meters They will be divided into 8 bays 55 + 5 x 65 + 55 + 45 meters. This new viaduct will be located to the south of the one currently built, forming part of a beautiful circular curve with radius 1250 meters.
In addition, the infrastructure will have two large prestressed concrete boxes built independently then joined, which will give rise to a 27 meter wide bridge platformequivalent to that of the A-6 motorway. In this way it will be open the possibility of widening the road a posteriori to integrate a third way for each direction if necessary.
Finally, the viaduct will rest on octagonal double stack designone for each square on the board, which are distinguished by their height, which varies between 26.5 and 85.5 meters.
The highest road viaduct in Spain
The A-67, the highway that connects Santander to Palencia and Madrid and the main access to Cantabria from the Meseta, houses the Monttabliz viaductconsidered the highest road bridge in Spain. This spectacular infrastructure reached the 145 meters high on the ground, according to the Ministry of Transport, and It extends over 721 meters.
Your design includes five spans of 110, 155, 175, 155 and 126 metersconfigured to minimize the visual and environmental impact on the Bisueña River valley.
Located in the Cantabrian municipality of Bárcena de Pie de Conchathe viaduct was inaugurated in January 2008 and was among the ten largest built in Europe during the first decade of the 2000s. Its continuous bridge, with three lanes going up and two going downrests on a curved route with a radius of 700 meters.
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