INFRASTRUCTURES, CIVIL WORKS, VIADUCTS
Viaduct in Kappara
Vial EA15 - Isla de Malta
The construction of this bridge freed the roundabout from secondary traffic, solving a traffic problem between Mikel Anton Vasalli and Tas Silema in Kappara.
- Location
- Il-Kappara - San Ġwann | Malta
- Date
- 2017
- Weight
- 530 Tons
- ADT
- 42,000 veh./day
- Length
- 193m
Aspectos previos
Manufacture and assembly of the Kappara viaduct structure. KapparaThis new infrastructure has been essential to decongest traffic from La Valeta to the north of the island. The metallic structure is 193 meters long in total and has been divided into 16 sections of 26x6 meters, manufactured in Galicia and transported by sea from the port of La Corunna to that of de Marsa. After two weeks of sea crossing, in April 2017, the lifting of the pieces could be completed in just eight nights.





Structure
The bridge was divided into 16 piezas, which were 23 and 27 meters long and 6 meters wide. All the metal beams weighed a total of 520 tonnes and were transported from the port of La Corunna in just two weeks.


