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“The impressive works of the suspension bridge over the Danube of Brăila built by the Italian-Japanese association Astaldi-IHI are progressing at a very good pace, but new bureaucratic delays in the authorization of the works of the access roads to the bridge will transform this work of 2000 million in 2022 of lions in (probably) the most embarrassing museum in history.
The 2 main towers of the bridge, which will be over 190 meters high, are being worked 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, rising more than 2 meters daily. The constant lift sliding formwork system was manufactured in Austria. The tower cranes that supply the bridge at height began to lean on the pillars of the towers, and will also be self-erected with metal elements to keep up with the rate of rise of the tower. At the end of the year the final quota of the 2 towers will be reached, and in 2021 the Japanese from the IHI will begin another tremendously spectacular stage: the suspension of the cables on which the metal platform will rest.
At the same time, in the VARD Brăila shipyard, the Italians from Fincantieri assembled the 86 elements that will make up the metal deck of this bridge. Recently, more than 10 million euros have been invested in construction technology (new buildings, state-of-the-art equipment, etc.) for this project alone. The 3 parallel production lines transform tens of thousands of tons of sheet metal into roof elements of approximately 30X25X3 meters in several stages. These items are then tested, measured, pre-assembled, painted and stored awaiting shipment to be transported to the 2021 position.
In addition to the 2 towers, works are being carried out on the 2 anchoring blocks of the bridge and on the access viaducts, where there is a building permit.
However, the bridge connecting roads to Brăila, Jijila and Măcin totaling more than 20 km are not authorized until today, although the contract was signed in January 2018. The expropriation decision for additional expropriations has not yet been issued, and the environmental agreement review procedure is unacceptably prolonged.
If an authorization this fall would have allowed the completion of roads at the same time as the bridge, under current conditions, the works authorization only in spring will drive the completion of road works in 2023 and transform the bridge into a museum of 2,000 million lei.
We ask the Government, through all subordinate institutions, to unblock the situation of construction permits for connecting roads as soon as possible. ”
The construction of the new bridge over the Danube began in the last days of 2018, preparing the ground where the legs of the bridge were located. The bridge would be inaugurated in 2021. The project involves the development of a total of 23 kilometers, of which 17 kilometers will be in the territory of Tulcea County.
The bridge that will connect Moldova and Muntenia with Dobrogea will cost about 500 million euros. It will be the most expensive bridge in the history of Romania and the second infrastructure project, in terms of value, on the entire Danube (after the Iron Gates).
The project, detailed
Over the Danube there will be a 2-kilometer bridge span. The rest will be viaducts, connecting roads, roundabouts, as well as 33 bridges, footbridges and passages. There will also be an automatic charging station on the banks of the Tulcea.
Currently, any road to Galaţi or Brăila involves crossing the Danube by ferry, increasing the duration of the journey to an hour and a half by 20 kilometers, if you’re lucky.
The total length of the route “The suspension bridge over the Danube in the Brăila area”, as it is called a public service work of national interest, is 23,413 kilometers. It is divided into two sections: the main Brăila-Jijila road and the road that connects with DN22 Smârdan-Măcin. On both sections of the road, the maximum speed will be 80 km / h.
The main Brăila-Jijila road is 19,095 kilometers long, with 4 roundabouts and 1 road junction. Until km 7 + 940 it will have 2 lanes of traffic in each direction, and from there one in each direction. The road that connects with DN22 Smârdan-Măcin is 4,328 kilometers long and has one lane in each direction, with 2 intersections.
The suspension bridge will be placed on the Brăila-Jijila main road, between km 4 + 596.10 and km 6 + 570.52, respectively at km 165 + 800 over the Danube river (measured from Sulina).
Its total length will be almost 2 kilometers, more precisely 1,974.30 meters. Of these, 489.65 meters is the lateral opening on the Brăila coast, and 364.65 meters, that of the Tulcea coast.
Two access viaducts will be built on each side, each 110 meters long. The suspension bridge will be at least 38 meters high from the maximum flood level of the Danube. The total width of the suspension bridge will be 31.70 meters.
The road over the bridge will be 22.00 meters, consisting of 4 lanes of 3.50 m wide each, 4 lanes of 0.5 m wide, two sidewalks 1.50 m wide and a median zone with width of 3.00 meters. To these are added, on both sides, 2 additional lanes for the traffic of pedestrians, bicycles and maintenance, having the sidewalks of 2.80 meters wide each. The anchor blocks are embedded in the ground and are located outside the Danube dams. The design and execution contract was awarded to the association between Astaldi SpA (Italy) and IHI Infrastructure Systems Co. Ltd. (Japan).
Jijila aspires to the status of a suburb for Brăila and Galaţi
In Jijila and Garvan, properties are still priced low. Lots of 1,000 square meters were sold for 6,000 euros, and more land (1,250 square meters) with an old house costs about 17,000 euros. For now, the “suburb” of Jijila only has gas and water, but there are sewage and asphalt projects presented throughout the commune.
The mayor of Jijila, the Tulcea commune where the suspension bridge over the Danube will land, hopes to develop his commune once the bridge is completed. The Jijila commune has two villages: Jijila and Garvăn, with a total population of 5,600 inhabitants.
