Reconstruction of the Lech bridge in Poznań

Reconstruction of the Lech bridge in Poznan

Reconstruction of the northern carriageway of the Lech bridge in Poznań

The reconstruction of the northern carriageway of the Lech bridge in Poznań will consist in complete demolition of the existing structure (load-bearing structure and supports) and construction of a new bridge in the same place. A beam three-span bridge in composite construction has been designed. Total length of the bridge, after the reconstruction, will come to 235.80 rm (66.90+100.80+66.90 m). Reinforced concrete intermediate supports will be set on diaphragm walls. Extreme supports will be made after complete demolition of the existing ones and will be set directly. - New foundations and structure will be built - The northern carriageway of Lech bridge will be extended. Three new traffic lanes will be made, currently there are two. A bicycle path and pedestrian way will be built. It will be much wider than so far. After the reconstruction, total width of the bridge will be 16.90 m. 

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The project is co-financed from funds of the City of Poznań and European Union subsidies from the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020, within Measure 4.2. “Increase in transport availability of the urban centres outside the TEN-T road network and relief for the cities from the extensive road traffic”. The co-financing amount is over PLN 51 million.

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The structure is constructed by the consortium: MOST sp. z o.o. [BRIDGE LLC] and KONSTRUKCJE STALOWE HYŻYK (KSH) [HYŻYK STEEL STRUCTURES].

Total completion time-limit comes to 730 days from signing of the contract. Whereas, road traffic on the new bridge will be possible after 580 days.