Heavy cars over 44 tonnes from Friday will be closed temporary bridge over Salacu / day

Heavy cars have a bypass route through Limbaži and Aloe on the Ducy-Limbazi (P53) or Koceni-Limbazi-Tuja (P11), Limbaži-Aloja (P13) and Ainazi-Matīši (P15).

The mass limit allowed to date was up to 52 tonnes and a 30 -meter vehicle distance was set, preventing several heavy vehicles at the same time on the bridge, but drivers violated the restriction, and did not respect the allowed mass limit.

According to LVC weighing equipment, drivers were violated at night hours.

On the Tallinn highway (A1), information on the road signs of traffic organization is located from Riga and Ainazi, notes LVC representatives.

It has already been reported that since August 30 last year, traffic over Salacgriva has been taking place along the temporary bridge. The temporary bridge has up to 52 tonnes and will be used for traffic by the autumn of this year, when the construction of the new bridge is expected to be completed.

The existing bridge over Salacgriva will be completely demolished in Salacgriva and will build a new four span of steel concrete beams with new supports and steel beams.

On both sides of the bridge, a pedestrian sidewalk is expected to be created. On the side of the Ainazi side, the pavement will be connected to the existing pavement structure, which is built along the Salaca River, the sidewalk on the side of the Riga will be located locally, and new stairs will end. The pedestrian infrastructure will also be built on the bridge.

The development of the bridge project was commissioned by the municipality of Salacgriva (now Limbazi district), the author of the project is SIA « Projekts 3 », but the construction supervision will be provided by JSC « Road Projekts ». The construction of the bridge will be carried out by the general partnership « NB & Tilts », which consists of SIA « Nordes Būve » and SIA « Tiltts », for the proposed contract price of EUR 14,972 million excluding value added tax (VAT).

The construction of a new bridge in the third military mobility projects is co -financed by the European Infrastructure Connecting Tool (EISI).

The bridge over Salacu is located on the Tallinn highway (A1) and is part of the European Transport Network (TEN-T), as well as the European road route on the E67, or « VIA Baltica » section, which provides local and intergovernmental traffic as well as military mobility.