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Structural engineering

Project Südgürtel ("southern beltway") Graz

Graz, Austria / 01.2014 - 09.2017

Graz’s Südgürtel beltway closes the gap between Puntigam Bridge and Liebenauer Gürtel beltway, thus significantly improving the traffic situation in the south of Styria’s capital city.

New road section in the city’s Liebenau district measures 2,000m in length. In the course of this expansion project, a covered subsurface route with ramp sections connecting to the former at both ends was built as a "white tub" construction with support walls on both sides. The entire subsurface route and the ramps are located in arched routes. The tunnel constructed in an open construction method features a double rectangular cross-section of 12.50m each. For optimisation purposes, a form work carriage was used.

Photo: Südgürtel ("southern beltway") Graz: Construction cranes and form work on the construction site

Facts & Figures


Company

PORR Bau GmbH and TEERAG-ASDAG GmbH in a consortium

Type

Structural engineering, Road construction, Large-scale projects, Earthworks

Runtime

01.2014 - 09.2017

Principal
The Office of the Provincial Government of Styria, Department 16: Traffic and Provincial Building Construction Projects

Traffic is flowing thanks to gap closure

The project furthermore includes the reconceptualisation of the traffic phases through the construction of a roundabout. Additionally, we provide an optimised ground water drainage by means of our amendment of the tendered concept.

This project’s special challenges were ambitious deadlines and complex construction site logistics.

What ultimately counts in the construction business is successfully completed projects. PORR has many of these.