The Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration has announced a public tender for the renovation of the Negrelli viaduct in Prague, the first railway bridge to be built across the Vltava River in 1850. The viaduct will undergo extensive reconstruction, in order to create a link from the city centre to Prague Airport.
The reconstruction will allow trains to run faster, increase the capacity of the railroad track and adjust the track to current noise and vibration limits. After the reconstruction, passengers travelling from the city centre should be able to reach the airport in less than half an hour. It should also remove all extensions that were added to the viaduct throughout the years.
The works will start in the autumn of 2017. Work on the bridge is expected to take 39 months, and costs are projected at around 1.2 billion crowns (44.4 million euros).
The 1130 metre Negrelli Viaduct is the second oldest bridge in Prague and the oldest railway bridge across the Vltava.
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