The Aciliu Viaduct is a
viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide va ...
located on the route of the long
Orăștie-Sibiu section of the
A1 Motorway between
Orăștie in
Hunedoara County
Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as , in German as , and in Slovak ...
and
Sibiu
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...
in
Sibiu County
Sibiu County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat ( ro, reședință de județ) is the namesake town of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben m ...
, Romania. More precisely it is located between the commune of
Apoldu de Jos and the town of
Săliște both located in
Sibiu County
Sibiu County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat ( ro, reședință de județ) is the namesake town of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben m ...
in central
Romania
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.
The viaduct is one of the largest structures along the length of the
A1 Motorway and is the longest and the highest viaduct in
Romania
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.
It is a traditional piled structure with a length of with 14 spans of each and a width of . The pylons had to be concreted in the bedrock at a depth of below the surface because of the frequent landslides in the area. The fifth pylon is the highest of the structure, reaching from top to bottom.
The structure's deck is constructed out of 20 copper combined reinforced steel U-beams weighing an average 385 tonnes each, with the largest weighing up to 400 tonnes, resulting in a total steel usage of around 8000 tonnes for the entire structure.
Each of the 20 U-beams has a length of and comprises 88 different sections welded together onsite. The company responsible for the construction of the Aciliu viaduct is
Impregilo subcontractor Collini. The total cost of the highway section containing the viaduct, which runs between
Cunța and
Săliște, is around €142 million.
See also
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A1 Motorway
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Roads in Romania
Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows:
*motorways (autostradă – pl. autostrăzi) – colour: green; designation: A followed by one or two digits
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List of bridges in Romania
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References
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Buildings and structures in Sibiu County
Bridges in Romania
Viaducts in Romania