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General Stefan Grot-Rowecki Bridge

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177: 185: 282:(GDDKiA) began an extensive refurbishment of the Toruń thoroughfare, along with the bridge, to upgrade it into an expressway. The bridge was widened to ten lanes (five in each direction), four central lanes carry express traffic, while the six lanes on the sides serve local traffic with interchanges with streets running along the river. After the completion of the reconstruction and the construction of a link between 35: 304:
The contract for reconstruction was finally signed in July 2013 and the work finished by October 2015 and the bridge has reopened. Modernization of the bridge involved widening of two independent decks with braced cantilevers by a total of more than 9 m and strengthening the structure by external
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The first plans for the bridge were from the 1960s. It was originally planned as a bridge suspended on two pylons. The design was changed for cost reasons. The final design was designed by a team of engineers at the "Stolica" design office under the direction of Witold Witkowski.
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The bridge originally had eight lanes. It was almost inaccessible to pedestrians and cyclists, with bicycles prohibited on the Toruń thoroughfare and the bridges two very narrow sidewalks separated from the roadway by
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prestressing. The design included increasing the load capacity of the bridge by using over 100 straight prestressed tendons on each of two superstructures.
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caused investment delays because of the lack of alternative routes during the reconstruction of the bridge.
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The project was planned for 2008 through to 2010, but the city's problems with the construction of the new
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The bridge was dedicated and opened on November 28, 1981. This was during a period of activity by the
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by Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Kolejowych No. 15 (the abutments and supports) and
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Official site of the reconstruction project (in Polish)
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General Directorate for National Roads and Highways
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Coordinates
52°17′14″N 20°59′43″E / 52.28722°N 20.99528°E / 52.28722; 20.99528
Road transport
Vistula
Warsaw


Vistula
Warsaw
thoroughfare
Mostostal
S8 expressway
"Solidarity"
Polish People's Republic
Stefan Rowecki
Polish Underground State
World War 2
Siekierkowski Bridge
traffic barriers
General Directorate for National Roads and Highways
Konotopa
Powązkowska Street
S8 expressway
Maria Skłodowska-Curie Bridge
"Warszawski Most gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego otwarty!"
the original
"Strengthening and Widening of Steel Single Box Girder Bridge in Warsaw"
doi
10.1080/10168664.2019.1625296

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