Photo: Rijkswaterstaat |
A massive operation
to place 255 metre long railway bridge over the A1 motorway near Muiderberg has
been completed three hours ahead of schedule, the transport ministry said on
Saturday.
The 8,400 tonne bridge had to be moved 400 metres from the location
where it had been assembled to the correct site over the highway. The A1 was
closed at 20.00 hours on Friday night to enable the work to take place and
reopened at 09.00 on Saturday morning.
The bridge was put in place by 03.00 but
then had to be adjusted millimeter by millimeter to make sure everything joined
up.
Transport ministry spokesman Henk Voerman said the entire operation had
proceeded smoothly. ‘It was really imposing to watch, particularly from close
up when those enormous wheels began to move,’ he told RTL news.
Work will now
continue on the bridge and it will be opened in August when the old railway
bridge will be demolished.
Time lapse
of the entire operation
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