One of Hungary’s most significant road infrastructure projects—the development of the Mohács Danube Bridge, one of the country’s longest bridges, and the associated road network—is proceeding according to schedule.
According to the ministry, paving work on the main roadway as part of the road construction project on the Mohács side of the Danube is expected to reach nearly 70 percent completion this year, while embankment foundation work is being carried out over a stretch of nearly 10 kilometers on the Great Plain side.
The project is of strategic importance in terms of improving access to the affected regions and communities: by directly connecting the areas around Mohács to the country’s dual-lane highway network and by providing a new crossing over the Danube, accessibility to the region will be greatly improved.
In its announcement, the ÉKM explains: In the first phase of the project, on the Danube’s lowland side, starting from State Road 51, a new 19.5-kilometer-long, continuous, two-lane-in-each-direction state road will be built to Újmohács.
This year, building demolition, tree removal, ordnance clearance, and archaeological excavations are expected to be completed, and approximately 10 kilometers of embankment foundation and embankment construction work will take place.
The second phase of the project—the construction of the 756-meter-long, three-span Mohács Danube Bridge—is also proceeding according to schedule. In June, pre-assembly of the shell elements required for the construction of the pier began, and the manufacturing of the main girders, deck panels, and arch elements of the three-part bridge, as well as the auxiliary structures (steel pipe piles, launching tugs, and arch-erection scaffolds), as well as the development of the launching platform. The bridge is being constructed in sections on both banks, and the completed elements will then be slid into place over the Danube using a special technique.
Installation of the steel bridge components for the first span will begin on both banks this summer, along with the reinforcement of the flood protection embankment on the left bank and the construction of the fourth pier at the location of the unloading embankment, i.e., the structural piling of the Mohács-side abutment. According to the plan, after the piles are driven in the fall, construction of the abutment wall will begin, as well as the installation of the bridge’s steel structure, and the elements of the third pier and the riverbed pier will appear in the Danube.
The announcement noted that work is proceeding at full speed on the Mohács side, including the third phase of the project, where a 2×2-lane national highway is being built over a continuous 8.5-kilometer stretch from the Danube Bridge to the M6 highway. In this area, archaeological excavations, building demolitions, tree clearing, and ordnance clearance have already been completed. Construction is continuing with embankment foundation, soil stabilization, hydraulic engineering, and utility relocation work.
Paving work will begin in the coming period between the intersection of State Routes 56 and 57 and the M6 Motorway; and by the end of the year, the new pavement on the 2×2-lane main road is expected to reach 70 percent completion.
Source: Ministry of Construction and Transportation
