Basarab Overpass

{{Infobox bridge |bridge_name = Basarab Overpass |native_name = ''Pasajul Basarab'' {{in lang|ro}} |native_name_lang = Romanian |image = Pasajul_Basarab_-_Noaptea.jpg |image_size = |alt = |caption = |official_name = Pasajul suprateran Basarab<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pmb.ro//primarul/prioritati_proiecte/pasajul_basarab/docs/pasaj.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929170232/http://www.pmb.ro/primarul/prioritati_proiecte/pasajul_basarab/docs/pasaj.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Primăria București|archivedate=September 29, 2011|website=www.pmb.ro}}</ref> |other_name = |carries = Motor vehicles, pedestrians, trams |crosses = Dâmbovița River, Gara de Nord Rail tracks |locale = Bucharest, Romania |maint = |id = |designer =Javier Manterola |design = Cable-stayed bridge |material = Concrete |spans = |pierswater = |mainspan = |length = {{convert|1920|m}} |width = {{convert|43.3|m}} |height = |load = |clearance = |below = |traffic = est. 50,000 |builder = Astaldi SPA<br />FCC Contrucción SA |begin = November 2006 |complete = August 2011 |open = 19 June 2011 |life = |preceded = |followed = |heritage = |collapsed = |closed = |toll = None |map_cue = |map_image = |map_alt = |map_text = |map_width = |coordinates = {{coord|44.44945|N|26.06785|E|region:RO-B_type:landmark|display=it}} |lat = |long = |website = [http://pasajulbasarab.ro/ Official page] }}

The '''Basarab Overpass''' ({{langx|ro|Pasajul Basarab}}) is a road overpass in Bucharest, Romania, connecting Nicolae Titulescu blvd. and Grozăvești Road, part of Bucharest's inner city ring. A design by engineer Javier Manterola,<ref>{{Cite web |last=CFCSL |title=CV Javier Manterola Armisén |url=https://www.cfcsl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CV_Javier_Manterola_Armisen.pdf}}</ref> its construction was undertaken by FCC and Astaldi.<ref>[http://www.grupoikc.com/en/news/71/ FCC and Astaldi executed the work on the Basarab Overpass in Bucharest] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331122804/http://www.grupoikc.com/en/news/71/ |date=March 31, 2012 }} Grupo IKC, 13 June 2006</ref>

== History == 200px|thumb|left|Grozăvești Bridge

On 17 June 2011, the overpass was officially inaugurated, and was opened to traffic on 19 June. The project was completed in August 2011, when ramps and elevators for the tram stations were installed.

The bridge now accommodates the number 1 tram line, the only circular tram line in Bucharest that follows the inner traffic circle of the city.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.b365.ro/linia-34-devine-linia-1-traseu-circular-cu-42-de-statii-incepand-de-maine_80937.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140305230445/http://www.b365.ro/linia-34-devine-linia-1-traseu-circular-cu-42-de-statii-incepand-de-maine_80937.html| archive-date = 2014-03-05| title = Linia 34 devine Linia 1. Traseu circular cu 42 de stații, în 92 de minute {{!}} B365}} </ref>

==The Basarab Overpass in numbers== The '''Basarab Overpass''' has a length of {{convert|1.9|km}} and is the widest cable stayed bridge in Europe, measuring a width of {{convert|44.5|m}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pasajulbasarab.ro/bucurestenii-beneficiaza-de-cel-mai-mare-punct-intermodal-din-romania.html |title=Bucureștenii beneficiază de cel mai mare punct intermodal din România! « Pasajul Basarab |access-date=2014-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825200813/http://pasajulbasarab.ro/bucurestenii-beneficiaza-de-cel-mai-mare-punct-intermodal-din-romania.html |archive-date=2011-08-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (tram station, safety areas and two lanes for traffic in each direction) over the railways near the Gara de Nord train station (the average width measures almost 25 meters).

The two towers that sustain the 60 cables of the bridge have a height of about {{convert|84|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-8935712-multimedia-vezi-cum-arata-pasajul-basarab-inaugurare.htm|title = MULTIMEDIA Pasajul Basarab a fost deschis. Vezi cum arata la inaugurare - Esential|website=www.hotnews.ro|date = 17 June 2011}}</ref>

The overpass was opened in June 2011 at a cost of almost 255 million euros.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/bucuresti/Istoricul_Pasajului_Basarab_0_502750349.html|title = Istoricul celui mai mare pod din România}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zf.ro/proprietati/cum-arata-de-sus-pasajul-care-va-decongestiona-traficul-in-capitala-galerie-foto-7840502|title = Cum arată de sus pasajul care va decongestiona traficul în Capitală - GALERIE FOTO}}</ref>

Every day, almost 50,000 vehicles cross the bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zf.ro/proprietati/50-000-de-masini-trec-zilnic-pe-pasajul-basarab-in-orele-de-varf-ambuteiaje-la-capetele-pasajului-8496085|title=50.000 de mașini trec zilnic pe Pasajul Basarab. În orele de vârf, ambuteiaje la capetele pasajului|website=ZF.ro}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commonscatinline}} *[https://archive.today/20110413080736/http://www.orfisaikc.com/en/portfolio/projects/100/ General Description at the contractor's site]

Category:Transport in Bucharest Category:Bridges completed in 2011 Category:Bridges in Romania