Basarab Overpass

Bridge in Bucharest, Romania

44°26′58″N 26°04′04″E / 44.44945°N 26.06785°E / 44.44945; 26.06785CarriesMotor vehicles, pedestrians, tramsCrossesDâmbovița River, Gara de Nord Rail tracksLocaleBucharest, RomaniaOfficial namePasajul suprateran Basarab^[1]Websitepasajulbasarab.roCharacteristicsDesignCable-stayed bridgeMaterialConcreteTotal length1,920 metres (6,300 ft)Width43.3 metres (142 ft)HistoryDesignerJavier ManterolaConstructed byAstaldi SPA
FCC Contrucción SAConstruction startNovember 2006Construction endAugust 2011Opened19 June 2011StatisticsDaily trafficest. 50,000TollNoneLocation Map

The Basarab Overpass (Romanian: Pasajul Basarab) is a road overpass in Bucharest, Romania, connecting Nicolae Titulescu blvd. and Grozăvești Road, part of Bucharest's inner city ring. A design by engineer Javier Manterola,^[2] its construction was undertaken by FCC and Astaldi.^[3]

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 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.^[4]

The Basarab Overpass in numbers

The Basarab Overpass has a length of 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) and is the widest cable stayed bridge in Europe, measuring a width of 44.5 metres (146 ft)^[5] (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 84 metres (276 ft).^[6]

The overpass was opened in June 2011 at a cost of almost 255 million euros.^[7]^[8]

Every day, almost 50,000 vehicles cross the bridge.^[9]

References

^ "Primăria București" (PDF). www.pmb.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011.
^ CFCSL. "CV Javier Manterola Armisén" (PDF).
^ FCC and Astaldi executed the work on the Basarab Overpass in Bucharest Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Grupo IKC, 13 June 2006
^ "Linia 34 devine Linia 1. Traseu circular cu 42 de stații, în 92 de minute | B365". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
^ "Bucureștenii beneficiază de cel mai mare punct intermodal din România! « Pasajul Basarab". Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
^ "MULTIMEDIA Pasajul Basarab a fost deschis. Vezi cum arata la inaugurare - Esential". www.hotnews.ro. 17 June 2011.
^ "Istoricul celui mai mare pod din România".
^ "Cum arată de sus pasajul care va decongestiona traficul în Capitală - GALERIE FOTO".
^ "50.000 de mașini trec zilnic pe Pasajul Basarab. În orele de vârf, ambuteiaje la capetele pasajului". ZF.ro.

External links

Media related to Basarab Overpass, Bucharest at Wikimedia Commons

General Description at the contractor's site

Transport in Bucharest

Operators

Metro	Metrorex
Bus	STB STV Ecotrans STCM Regio Serv Transport
Tram and Trolleybus	STB

Mass transit

Metro	M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 (planned) M7 (planned) List of Bucharest metro stations
Bus	Bus routes Night Buses
Tram	Tram routes Light rail
Trolleybus	Trolleybus routes

Rail

Stations	Bucharest North Basarab Băneasa Bucharest South/Cățelu Titan Sud Bucharest East/Obor [ro] Bucharest Carpați Bucharest Triaj Bucharest West Bucureștii Noi Pajura Pantelimon South Gara Progresul [ro]
Operators	Astra Trans Carpatic CFR Călători Regio Călători Softrans Transferoviar Călători

Roads

Motorways	A0 A1 A2 A3 A5 (planned)
Expressways	DEx2 (planned)
National roads	DN1 DN1A DN2 DN3 DN4 DN5 DN6 DN7 DNCB
Ring roads	Motorway A0 National road DNCB
County roads	DJ200 DJ200A DJ200B DJ300 DJ301 DJ301A DJ301B DJ401 DJ401D DJ503 DJ601 DJ601A DJ602
Local roads	DC13 DC18 DC21 DC22 DC24 DC27 DC55 DC77A DC101 DC121 DC122
European routes	E60 E70 E81 E85