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On 4 April the port of Rotterdam will be the backdrop for spectacular railway work driving into one of the two railway bridges in the new Theemsweg rail route. It concerns the bridge over the Rozenburgse lock. ProRail advises the Port of Rotterdam Authority in the construction of the Theemsweg route. The bridge was built by Iemants Smulders from Belgium and has a steel weight of 4500 tons. It is almost 177 meters long 30 meters high and 20 meters wide enough space for a double track Mammoet drives the colossus over the lock to its final location.The break-in operation started on April 3. The bridge was first lifted six meters and so-called self-propelled modular transporters were placed under it to move it. The bridge then drove towards the Rozenburgsesluis to make the crossing over the pontoon on Friday night to the east side. The bridge continues on a specially constructed track of broken rubble and sand via the existing Neckarweg towards its final position. On Saturday evening April 4 Mammoet will place him on the two supports.Solution bottleneckThe Theemsweg route the construction of which costs 300 million euros must resolve the bottleneck at the Calandbrug near Rozenburg. This steel lift bridge for rail and road traffic in the Rotterdam port area is the connecting link in the Betuweroute to the European hinterland. The lift bridge provides access to the Brithaven for maritime shipping.BouwcombinatieSave a consortium of BESIX Dura Vermeer Mobilis Hollandia and Iemantsen builds commissioned by the Port of Rotterdam the foundation for the future track of the Theemswegtrac a more than four kilometers long section of a concrete viaduct and two steel arch bridges.
