site.bta Workers Apply Anti-Corrosion Protection at Danube Bridge

Workers at the Danube Bridge near Ruse have applied anti-corrosion protection to the steel structure of the roadway as part of the major repair of the bridge, the Road Infrastructure Agency said on Wednesday.

The agency added that 20 existing reinforced concrete panels were dismantled and 18 new ones were installed since August 7. The construction schedule for the coming week will include sandblasting of the steel structure, removal and installation of reinforced concrete panels and installation of bolted dowels, as well as reinforcement and formwork to hold the reinforced concrete panels.

On July 10, Bulgaria started a major overhaul of the Bulgarian section of the 70-year-old Ruse-Giurgiu Bridge. The repairs are being done without the road traffic to be stopped, so Border Police officers are regulating vehicles in the area of ​​construction and installation activities, as the traffic of cars and trucks through the border crossing checkpoint is intense during the summer months.