The Basarab Overpass (Romanian: Pasajul Basarab) is a road overpass in Bucharest, Romania, connecting Nicolae Titulescu blvd. and Grozăvești Road, part of Bucharest's inner city ring. A design by engineer Javier Manterola,[2] its construction was undertaken by FCC and Astaldi.[3]

History

Grozăvești Bridge

On 17 June 2011, the overpass was officially inaugurated, and was opened to traffic on 19 June. The project was completed in August 2011, when ramps and elevators for the tram stations were installed.

The bridge now accommodates the number 1 tram line, the only circular tram line in Bucharest that follows the inner traffic circle of the city.[4]

The Basarab Overpass in numbers

The Basarab Overpass has a length of 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) and is the widest cable stayed bridge in Europe, measuring a width of 44.5 metres (146 ft)[5] (tram station, safety areas and two lanes for traffic in each direction) over the railways near the Gara de Nord train station (the average width measures almost 25 meters).

The two towers that sustain the 60 cables of the bridge have a height of about 84 metres (276 ft).[6]

The overpass was opened in June 2011 at a cost of almost 255 million euros.[7][8]

Every day, almost 50,000 vehicles cross the bridge.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Primăria București" (PDF). www.pmb.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
  2. ^ CFCSL. "CV Javier Manterola Armisén" (PDF).
  3. ^ FCC and Astaldi executed the work on the Basarab Overpass in Bucharest Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Grupo IKC, 13 June 2006
  4. ^ "Linia 34 devine Linia 1. Traseu circular cu 42 de stații, în 92 de minute | B365". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
  5. ^ "Bucureștenii beneficiază de cel mai mare punct intermodal din România! « Pasajul Basarab". Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  6. ^ "MULTIMEDIA Pasajul Basarab a fost deschis. Vezi cum arata la inaugurare - Esential". www.hotnews.ro. 17 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Istoricul celui mai mare pod din România".
  8. ^ "Cum arată de sus pasajul care va decongestiona traficul în Capitală - GALERIE FOTO".
  9. ^ "50.000 de mașini trec zilnic pe Pasajul Basarab. În orele de vârf, ambuteiaje la capetele pasajului". ZF.ro.

External links

Media related to Basarab Overpass, Bucharest at Wikimedia Commons