It will provide improved road connections in the area and is part of a larger ongoing project to upgrade the N-403 to become part of the Autovia A-40 motorway. The new La Gaznata Viaduct replaces the old bridge, which dated from 1920 and had been narrower. For the first time, the course is now offered in English or Spanish. These raised the span by 20m, and it was then connected to the rest of the bridge structure.ĪLE’s bridge installation required four 10t capacity winches with cables, four anchors and hoisting units, two cantilever structures and four 70t capacity strand jack lifting units. The interactive course covers safe lifting practices for all types of automotive lifts. Winches were installed on both sides of the reservoir and connected via cables to each corner of the span, which was then winched into position.įor the lift, anchors were connected to hoisting units and a cantilever structure was installed on each end of the span, with two strand jack lifting units on each structure. It was moored in a safe position and the following day ALE positioned it ready for the lift. ALE devised a bespoke solution using its specialist civil lifting technology, offering the safest and swiftest solution.Ī floatover operation had been executed the day before the lifting operation was due to take place. A land transportation would have been impossible and there was not enough space at the site to lift the span, weighing 400t, over the reservoir using heavylift cranes. The new bridge installation’s central span, measuring 42m long and up to 5.6m wide, needed to be positioned between the two sides of the reservoir. A new, wider bridge installation was needed, to improve mobility and road safety in the province. At the northern end, close to Ávila, it passes over the Burguillo reservoir. Within central Spain, the N-403 highway stretches for 178km from Adanero in the north to Toledo in the south. Topics: ALE Adanero, Autovia A-40 motorway, Burguillo reservoir, La Gaznata Viaduct, Spain, Toledo
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