Marsa flyover project set for another milestone as first massive beams arrive
The first 24 of 70 beams that will form the deck of the first flyover at the Marsa junction project were unloaded at the Grand Harbour, a short distance away from the project site, this weekend.
The €70 million project will be finalised by end of 2020.
Each concrete pre-stressed beam is 26 metres long, weighing 36,000 kilos (36 tonnes).
The other straight beams of this and other flyovers will be produced by the contractors in a temporary pre-stressed beams plant being set up within the project site.
The curved steel beams of the second flyover are being produced in Turkey and will be on their way to Malta in the coming months.
These two connected flyover structures will form the new direct link between Triq Giuseppe Garibaldi and Triq Aldo Moro.
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A third flyover structure will eventually be connected to the first structure as well, to link Triq Aldo Moro with Vjal Santa Lucija, forming the tallest flyover on the island.
Meanwhile work is going ahead full-steam on site, with Infrastructure Malta currently focused on the construction of the 14 pillars that will support these two flyovers.
This weekend, workers prepared the...