In Lithuania, the construction of the longest railway bridge along the Rail Baltica corridor is underway, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.

The longest railway bridge

In the vicinity of the Lithuanian city of Jonava, located 32 km northeast of Kaunas, work continues on the installation of piles for the longest railway bridge in the Baltic countries, spanning the Neris River. This bridge is part of the Rail Baltica corridor, stretching from Kaunas to the Latvian border.

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The construction of this 1,510-meter-long and 40-meter-high bridge will require 11,500 tons of metal structures and 74,000 cubic meters of concrete.

The installation of piles is being carried out by the Italian company Rizzani de Eccher.

Completion is planned by the arrival of spring in 2024. Favorable weather conditions allow for the installation of up to two piles daily.

For drilling the piles, track-mounted equipment with a mast height of 27 meters is used. An armature frame is installed in the piles, into which approximately 40-60 cubic meters of concrete mixture is poured.

According to the project, a total of 376 piles will need to be installed, with diameters ranging from 1.5 to 1.8 meters and maximum lengths of up to 33 meters.

The bridge is being constructed in an area belonging to the European Natura 2000 nature conservation network, where special attention must be paid to protecting the biosphere. As a result, work will be suspended during the migration of birds and fish.

Due to the complexity of the bridge construction project, including land clearance, the construction of access roads, and more, preparatory work began in September 2022.

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Rail Baltica will become the largest railway infrastructure construction project in the history of the Baltic countries. This standard-gauge high-speed railway will connect Warsaw, Kaunas, Vilnius, Panevezys, Riga, Parnu, and Tallinn.

Its total length within the Baltic states is 870 kilometers, with 392 kilometers in Lithuania, 265 kilometers in Latvia, and 213 kilometers in Estonia.

Photo: Rail Baltica

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