📋 Tender Overview
The demolition of the first half of the load-bearing structure of the historic Smejkalka bridge at the 24th kilometer of the D1 highway near Senohraby is nearing completion. This concerns the half of the bridge with the traffic lane towards Prague followed by its construction. Traffic on the highway is still only partially affected by the work while the local road under the bridge remains completely closed.
The original load-bearing structure has already been removed concrete blocks weighing up to 50 tons have been cut and lowered from a height of 40 meters. Currently the last old pillar of the bridge is being demolished. The concrete rubble is separated from the metal parts crushed into smaller pieces and it is planned to be reused in the construction. We estimate that the demolition of the old parts of the bridge will result in a total of about 10000 tons of recyclate.
The plan further includes the gradual release of steel reinforcements welding of rebar installation of formwork and concrete pouring. We aim to have the first half of the bridge reconstructed by this September. This will be followed by the demolition and reconstruction of the half of the bridge towards Brno. Subsequently the historic arch that will remain from the original bridge will also be restored. Up to 50 workers are involved in the construction daily. They have access to a variety of heavy machinery including tracked excavators mobile cranes with a capacity of up to 700 tons and tower cranes with a height of 60 meters.
Traffic in the work area is still managed in a 2/2 lane narrowing mode. The speed in the construction area is reduced to a maximum of 80 km/h and compliance is monitored by stationary radars in both directions.
The contractor is a consortium of companies Strabag a.s. and Pragoprojekt a.s. which is reconstructing the bridge for 965 million CZK excluding VAT. The work is proceeding according to the schedule which still anticipates the commissioning of the reconstructed bridge in July 2027.
