Plans For New Guadalquivir Viaduct – To Be Longest In Spain

Spain’s outspoken Minister of Transport, and instrumentality of making announcements via X, Óscar Puente, has revealed plans for a vast roadworthy viaduct, nan longest successful Spain, arsenic portion of nan SE-40 motorway hold successful Seville. The monolithic 3.5-kilometre building will characteristic a 70.8-metre vertical clearance to accommodate ample ships connected nan Guadalquivir River, a awesome infrastructure milestone.

In a bid of tweets, Minister Puente announced nan support of nan SE-40 project betwixt Dos Hermanas and Coria del Río, adjacent Seville, pinch a fund exceeding €688 million. The announcement shows Spain’s push to complete nan Seville metropolitan bypass and easiness congestion connected nan existing SE-30 ringing road, a way that brings successful hundreds of freight transports each day. It will besides alleviate a agelong of roadworthy pinch continuous and vulnerable curves.

Project support and cardinal details

On November 7, nan Ministry of Transport approved nan nationalist accusation record for nan SE-40 conception from Dos Hermanas-Palomares to Coria del Río. Stretching 5.069 kilometres, nan task has an estimated costs of €688 cardinal and was officially published successful nan Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE), nan adjacent steps impact detailing building and exploitation plans successful nan coming months.

“We person approved nan trace of nan SE-40 betwixt Dos Hermanas and Coria del Río… pinch a viaduct of much than 3.5 km that will beryllium nan longest successful Spain.” – Óscar Puente connected X (Twitter)

The centrepiece is simply a cable-stayed span pinch a cardinal span that crosses nan Guadalquivir without piers successful nan river  successful nan riverbed, ensuring uninterrupted navigation. The minimum clearance of 70.80 metres surpasses existent standards, future-proofing maritime entree to nan Port of Seville.

Current grounds holder: Cadiz’s Puente de la Constitución de 1812

Spain’s existing longest roadworthy viaduct is nan Puente de la Constitución de 1812 successful Cadiz, inaugurated successful September 2015. Stretching 3,092 meters crossed nan Bay of Cadiz, it connects nan metropolis to Puerto Real with:

• 34 piers and 2 towers (9 piers and 1 building successful unfastened water)
• 69-meter maximum clearance – nan world’s second-highest maritime viaduct aft New York’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
• Dual carriageways pinch dedicated autobus lanes

The caller SE-40 viaduct will eclipse this grounds by complete 400 metres, making Andalucia ascendant successful Spain’s mega-infrastructure projects.

Timeline and adjacent steps

While building commencement dates stay unconfirmed, nan BOE publication starts disconnected a mandatory readying phases nether Spain’s roadworthy legislation. The Ministry will soon outline:

• Environmental mitigation measures
• Contractor bidding processes
• Phased building timelines