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The two sides of the 660-meter-long New Kömürhan Bridge, connecting the strategic roads, are combined with the assembly of the last 6-meter-long steel segment.
The General Directorate of Roads of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure started construction on the Karakaya Dam lake in 2014 in order to ensure the integrity of the divided highway between the Elazig-Malatya provinces, which were interrupted at the point where the old existing bridge, and to establish more comfortable and safer transportation by improving road standards. “New Kömürhan Project for the construction of roads and tunnels connecting bridges “Physical realization has reached 99 percent.
SAVE TIME AND FUEL
When the project is completed, the existing road will be shortened by approximately 1 kilometer and high geometric standards and comfortable transportation will be provided. This will save time and fuel and contribute to the economy.
Additionally, the winding roads on the current route will be disabled and traffic safety will be further increased.
The new Kömürhan The Bridge and the Connection Tunnel will also contribute to the socio-economic development of the region and the country by providing easy access to tourist and commercial centers with a fast and safe traffic flow.
Two sides of the new Kömürhan bridge meet VIDEO
TWO SIDES OF THE BRIDGE COMBINED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE LAST SEGMENT
The last 6-meter span was also assembled from the 25 (380-meter) steel span ranging between 48 tons and 344 tons, which forms the middle span of the modern bridge, 660 meters long and 23 meters wide, all done with local technology, domestic engineering and labor.
Thus, both sides of the bridge were united. The welding process is said to take 15 days.
As an inverted tower with a single pylon and an average span of 380 meters, the New Kömürhan Manufacture of 42 Bridge cables has also been completed.
Once the steel fabrications of the bridge have been completed, the laying of a 2.5-millimeter thick insulation layer will begin to increase the resistance of the steel fabrications against external effects and corrosion.
Double pipes of 4,800 meters in total, each one consisting of 2,400 meters within the project Kömürhan The tunnel was completed, including the final concrete lining.
7 TONS OF STEEL WERE USED IN ITS MANUFACTURING
Kömürhan With the completion of the Tunnel and Bridge Connection Road Construction Project, 1 million 750 thousand cubic meters of soil, 180 thousand cubic meters of concrete, 6 thousand tons of iron, 6 thousand 650 tons of steel production, 920 tons of cable curved stretched, 210 tons of post-tensioned steel, 120 thousand tons of plantmix With the foundation, 73 thousand tons of asphalt work will have been completed.
In the bridge where 7 thousand tons of steel are used in its production, the welding length used for the assembly of the steel fabrications is approximately 450 kilometers and the length of the cable that provides the connection of the tower of the steel segments it is 853 kilometers.
New Kömürhan The Connecting Bridge and Tunnel is scheduled to come into service later this year with the completion of the connecting roads and secondary works.
