January 17 (SeeNews) - Italy's Astaldi said on Wednesday it has been awarded a contract to build a suspension bridge over the Danube river in the area of Braila in Romania, in a joint venture with Japan's IHI.
The value of the works totals approximately 435 million euro ($531 million), with Astaldi responsible for a 60% share, the company said in a statement.
The contract calls for designing and building a suspension bridge totaling 1,975 m in length, with a main span of 1,120 m, and two side spans 490 and 365 m long. Two bridge access viaducts, 110 m in length, will also be built, in addition to 23 km of connecting roads.
One year is planned for design and 3 years for construction.
The customer is Romania's National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration, CNAIR. The works are included in the master plan for the country’s transport, and are financed with dedicated EU funds under the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (LIOP), according to the statement.
IHI is tspecialised in the design and construction of suspension bridges and it has already worked with Astaldi for the construction of the Osman Gazi Bridge in Turkey, the world’s fourth-longest suspension bridge.
The Astaldi Group has been present in Romania for more than 25 years, having already built more than 100 km of railways and undergrounds, 250 km of roads and motorways, and two international airports (Henri Coanda in Otopeni, Bucharest and Avram Iancu in Cluj-Napoca).
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