Type of work

Bridges

Basarab Viaduct

Romania

An emblem of Bucharest

An emblem of Bucharest

  • Basarab railway traffic
  • Basarab Viaduct
  • Basarab Viaduct
  • Basarab tramway
  • Marci postale Basarab
  • Basarab tramway
  • Basarab tramway
  • Aerial view of the Basarab Viaduct
  • Vehicle traffic on the Basarab Viaduct
  • Aerial view
  • Aerial view
  • Side view
  • Nighttime view
  • Basarab railway traffic
  • Basarab Viaduct
  • Basarab Viaduct
  • Basarab tramway
  • Marci postale Basarab
  • Basarab tramway
  • Basarab tramway
  • Aerial view of the Basarab Viaduct
  • Vehicle traffic on the Basarab Viaduct
  • Aerial view
  • Aerial view
  • Side view
  • Nighttime view

Description

The Basarab Viaduct is located in the northwest of Bucharest, an area of greatest traffic flows and high concentration of commercial and residential buildings.

This infrastructure has four parts, the Grozavesti Viaduct, the 120-metre long arched bridge that crosses the River Damvobita, the Orchidea Viaduct and the cable-stayed bridge over the railway marshalling yard and which has an access station to the metro.

This elevated structure, is 1,950 metres long and assists the traffic flow and the passage of the main tramway arteries of Bucharest. It has a station on the braced section of the viaduct, with access to the metro lines and platforms of the Gara du Nord.

TECHNICAL INDICATORS:

  • Total passage length, including the ramps: 1,950 metres
  • Length of the passage bridge: 1,607 metres
  • Minimum distance compared to the constructions of the North Titulescu Avenue: 14 metres
  • Width of the passage in the RATB station zone: 44.5 metres
  • Width of the passage in the Orhideelor zone: 25.5 metres
  • Total area of the RATB station: 2,000 square metres
  • Total area of the passage (bridge + ramps): 55,880 square metres
  • Total area of the passage bridge: 46,500 square metres
  • Maximum inclination of the tramway tracks: 4.7%
  • Maximum inclination of the access arms: 5.5%
  • Total area of the soil road works: 174,000 square metres

This elevated structure has a length of 1,950 meters and helps to facilitate traffic and the passage of the main tram arteries of the capital. It has a station on the cable-stayed section of the viaduct with access to the metro and the Gara du Nord platforms.

This 365-metre long cable-stayed bridge is supported on two 80-metre high pylons, each one having 30 symmetrically placed cables on each side of the pylons.

The arch bridge over the River Dambovita is 124 metres long and its pylons are supported on footings on top of 40-metre deep columns. The arches have a 180-metre front.

Between the two bridges, unique structures in Romania, the highway and tramway traffic operates along a 1,500-metre long pre-stressed concrete viaduct, including the access ramps that employed an innovating tensioning method.

The Basarab Bridge connects the north and south of Bucharest and facilitates the traffic in the area, thus completing the main movement ring road in the northwest of the city.

ARACO (Romanian Association of Contractors) Quality Trophy

awarded for the innovating technologies employed in pre-stressing and cable-stays.

Responsible

The construction helps alleviate traffic and facilitates passage of the main tram arteries from the capital.

Bridges and access ramps include an advanced seismic protection system, applied here for the first time in Romania.

Highlights

One of the largest projects carried out in Romania in the last twenty years.

The bridge is 1,950 metres long and at the same time, is a work of art that gained two European records. one for being the widest cable-stayed bridge in Europe at 44 metres and the other for being the only bridge on continental Europe with a tramway station, with a ground-level entrance that guarantees connections with public transport, metro and railway.

Because of its construction, the Basarab Bridge becomes the largest intermodal point in Romania, joining tramway lines on the surface and below it, trolleybus lines, metro lines, two railway stations, as well as bus stations for national and international transport.