The launching of the Bridge over the Canale Scaricatore on the new SIR-3 line of the Padua Tramway has been completed. It is an infrastructure that will cross the canal to reach the Voltabarozzo district. It is a lower-level reticular bridge intended for tramway use, also sized for road loads, with a static scheme of simple support and a span of approximately 90 m; The weight of the metalwork is approximately 820 tons including the steel pre-platforms for the construction of the deck slab.
Steel Project Engineering took care of the Executive Design of the deck structures, the checks of the deck itself during the launching phase and the Executive Design of the metal structures necessary for the launching. The manufacturer of the metalwork is MBM Spa while the General Contractor that takes care of the construction of the substructures and the entire tramway infrastructure is Consorzio Stabile Europeo.
At the links below there are some interesting videos of the launching progress phases.
We thank MBM S.p.A. for the trust granted and for the photographic material.