Suplacu de Barcău Viaduct

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bridge_name=Suplacu de Barcǎu Viaduct
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location=between Suplacu de Barcău and Borş
carries=four lanes of motorway
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open=2009
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length=1,800 m [ [http://stiri.kappa.ro/economie/romania-viaduct-estul-europei/stire_97652.html Romania va avea cel mai lung viaduct din Estul Europei ro] ]
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The Suplacu de Barcǎu Viaduct is a future viaduct between Suplacu de Barcău and Borş on the route of the future "Autostrada Transilvania".

Suplacu de Barcău viaduct is the largest structure along the length of "Autostrada Transilvania" and will be, once completed, the largest viaduct in southeast Europe. The viaduct will be a traditional piled structure with a length of 1.8 km and 45 spans of 40m.

To build this structure, there will be necessary 88,000 m³ of concrete, 6.5 tonnes of reinforcement steel, and 1.3 tonnes of stressing cable, 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 caps, 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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