The first 5 kilometers of the
three-lane section between Alvisopoli and Portogruaro on the A4
of the Upper Adriatic freeway (formerly Autovie Venete) have
been opened to traffic. The works were completed before the
great summer exodus "to ensure the fluidity and safety of the
transits of vacationers heading to the seaside resorts of Fvg
and Veneto, which from today in the section between Quarto
d'Altino to the Palmanova Node will have 55 total kilometers of
third lane," reports a note from Autostrade Alto Adriatico.
With 24 works (7 underpasses, 9 box culverts, 5 overpasses
and 3 bridges), the first sub-lot of the second lot is one of
the most complex worksites among those of the third lane of the
A4: developed over 8.5 kilometers, it includes widening of the
highway seat, demolition and complete reconstruction of all
works of art (bridges, underpasses, overpasses, hydraulic
crossings) and, among other things, soundproofing barriers and
planting of trees for carbon dioxide absorption. All the works
are also already prepared to accommodate a possible future
fourth lane. In nearly three and a half years of construction,
the stretch has been closed only 48 times, mostly during weekend
nights.
The remaining 3.5 kilometers of the Alvisopoli - Portogruaro
(from the Fratta rest areas to the Portogruaro Node) will be
completed in the fall; a section made even more complicated
because the highway seat rises over the existing one by as much
as three meters.
Gabriele Fava, newly appointed president of Autostrade Alto
Adriatico, called the third lane of the A4 highway "a strategic
work in the Mediterranean Corridor," an "important logistics hub
for the movement of people and goods nationally and
internationally"; it is "a complex work."
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