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The Basarab Overpass ( ro, Pasajul Basarab) is a road overpass in
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
General Description at the contractor's site
Transport in Bucharest Bridges completed in 2011 Bridges in Romania {{Romania-bridge-struct-stub
Bucharest
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, Romania
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, connecting Nicolae Titulescu blvd. and Grozǎveşti Road, part of Bucharest's inner city ring. A design by engineer Javier Manterola
Javier Manterola Armisén (born 1936, Pamplona) is a Spanish civil engineer and professor at the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de Madrid. Manterola is particularly known for his work as a bridge designer of the engineering firm ''Carlos Fernánde ...
, its construction was undertaken by FCC
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and Astaldi
Astaldi S.p.A. is an Italian multinational major construction company based in Rome. The group is active in the fields of civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, Electromechanical Engineering and transportation.
Significant subsidiaries incl ...
.
History
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
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
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.
The Basarab Overpass in numbers
The Basarab Overpass has a length of and is the widest cable stayed bridge in Europe, measuring a width of (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 . The overpass was opened in June 2011 at a cost of almost 255 million euros. Every day, almost 50,000 vehicles cross the bridge.See also
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References
External links
General Description at the contractor's site
Transport in Bucharest Bridges completed in 2011 Bridges in Romania {{Romania-bridge-struct-stub