The Suplacu de Barcău Viaduct () is a future

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide ...

between

Suplacu de Barcău Suplacu de Barcău (, ) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 3,813 as of 2021. It is composed of six villages: Borumlaca (''Baromlak''), Dolea (''Dólyapuszta''), Foglaș (''Fogás''; ''Fogaš'') ...

and Borș,

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. 90% of its course is already built. The remaining part was abandoned by the American company

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, on the route of the future A3 Transylvania Motorway. Suplacu de Barcău

is the largest structure along the length of the Transylvania Motorway and will be, once completed, the largest viaduct in southeast

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. The viaduct will be a traditional piled structure with a length of and 45 spans of . To build this structure will require of

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, 6.5 tonnes of reinforcement steel, and 1.3 tonnes of stressing

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, 360 pre-cast U-beams each weighing 160 tonnes. Construction work at the viaduct is underway and includes foundation activities, piling installation, reinforcement of concrete

pile cap A pile cap is a thick concrete mat that rests on concrete or timber piles that have been driven into soft or unstable ground to provide a suitable stable foundation. It usually forms part of the deep foundation of a building, typically a multi-sto ...

s, pier elevations and pier heads. The next phase of construction will involve the U-Beam installation and afterwards, once the U-beams are installed, the placement of the deck slab. Finally, when the deck is completed, the paving activities will be ready to start.

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