The Basarab Overpass () is a road overpass in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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, connecting Nicolae Titulescu blvd. and Grozăvești Road, part of Bucharest's inner city ring. A design by engineer
Javier Manterola, its construction was undertaken by
FCC and
Astaldi
Astaldi S.p.A. is an Italian multinational major construction company based in Rome. The group is active in the fields of civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, electromechanical engineering and transportation.
Significant subsidiaries incl ...
.
History
On 17 June 2011, the overpass was officially inaugurated, and was opened to traffic on 19 June. The project was completed in August 2011, when ramps and elevators for the
tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
stations were installed.
The bridge now accommodates the number 1 tram line, the only circular tram line in Bucharest that follows the inner traffic circle of the city.
The Basarab Overpass in numbers
The Basarab Overpass has a length of and is the widest cable stayed bridge in Europe, measuring a width of (tram station, safety areas and two lanes for traffic in each direction) over the railways near the Gara de Nord train station (the average width measures almost 25 meters).
The two towers that sustain the 60 cables of the bridge have a height of about .
The overpass was opened in June 2011 at a cost of almost 255 million euros.
Every day, almost 50,000 vehicles cross the bridge.
See also
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Tourism in Romania
In December 2024, Romania's tourism sector had a 6.8% increase in arrivals at accommodation facilities, including hotels, apartments, and renting, rental rooms, compared to December 2023. in authorized lodging facilities, marking increases o ...
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Seven Wonders of Romania
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List of bridges in Romania
References
External links
General Description at the contractor's site
Transport in Bucharest
Bridges completed in 2011
Bridges in Romania
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