Zagyva Bridge (Hungary)

Project information

Project description mageba scope Highlights & Facts The M4 motorway in Hungary upon its To meet the requirements of the completion will connect Budapest to client mageba supplied and installed 12 mageba Products: Oradea and other Romanian cities. RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings in total. Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL The route will pass by the towns of Cegléd, From the bearing types KA and KE 4-4 bearings Szolnok, Karcag, Püspökladány, Beret- were installed respectively, addition to the TENSA®MODULAR LR2 tyóújfalu in Hungary before reaching the 2 KF and 2 KEq bearings, which were also expansion joints Romanian border. required to support the bridge superstruc- Installation: 2020–2021 The motorway has been built in sections. ture. The weight of the KF type bearings Structure: The first 10 km-long section was opened to exceeds 1 ton. City: Szolnok traffic in 2004, and ever since new sections Due to the small space between the sub- Country: Hungary have been opened gradually. structure and superstructure the bearings could be only installed by using Welding Type: Singe box girder bridge The Zagyva Bridge is situated on the new with orthotropic deck Procedure Specification (WPS). 27 km-long Abony – Törökszentmiklós Built: 2020–2021 section of the M4, north of the town of In addition to the bearings, 4 TENSA® Span: 84 m Szolnok and it consists of 2 separate su- MODULAR LR2 joints each measuring Length: 169 m perstructure, each carrying 2 traffic lanes. 15.8 m in length, were also installed on Owner: Nemzeti Infrastruktúra As for its design, Zagyva Bridge is a singe both ends of the 2 separate bridge decks. Fejlesztő Zrt. box girder bridge and has a length of Their installation required particular preci- Designer: RODEN Mérnöki Iroda 169 m. sion, as the joints had to be fixed to the Kft. bridge’s steel structure on one end, while Contractor: Colas Közlekedésépítő on the other they were connected to rein- Zrt. forced concrete slabs.

The bridge is located north of the town of Szolnok One of the RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings of type in Hungary KA installed A TENSA®MODULAR LR2 joint during installation

Slovakia

Budapest

Szolnok