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Danish road widening and major bridge construction

Engineering Company Atkins is now handling design work on a major highway and bridge project in Denmark.
February 22, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Engineering Company 3005 Atkins is now handling design work on a major highway and bridge project in Denmark.

It is carrying out preliminary studies and design work for several new and existing bridges as part of a programme on the Køge Bay Highway that involves widening the highway from six to eight lanes, and requires the construction of seven new bridges, extension of nine existing bridges and reinsulation of three bridges. The 8km long section of highway, which carries over 100,000 vehicles/day, will remain operational while the work is taking place. Traffic will run alongside the extended lanes.

Atkins will work closely with the Danish Road Directorate and other
consultants working on the consultants working on the extension to ensure that extension to ensure that disruption to traffic is kept to a minimum. The first phase of the project will see the the project will see the construction of a new bridge across Karlstrup Marsh, located next to the existing highway.

Martin Svenning Nielsen and his team of bridge experts from the former Gimsing & Madsen consultancy, acquired by Atkins last year, have consulted on a number of highway structures in Jutland, highway structures in Jutland, Denmark. The team also served as client advisors for the construction of Denmark’s longest, tallest valley bridge over Funder Valley Silkeborg.

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