Given that within the next decade the volume of freight in Gdansk is expected to even triple, particularly in the case of unitised goods, it has been necessary to modernise the rail infrastructure allowing access to the port, especially to its right bank.
Thus, the investment by the PKP PLK group that had been at the planning stage for years concerning the modernisation of the 226 railway line along with the construction of a new railway bridge across the Dead Vistula is a popular project that is currently taking shape.
This project worth over PLN 500 million (EUR 120 mln) includes in total a 12 km stretch of railway line between the Pruszcz Gdanski and Gdansk Port Polnocny (Northern Port) stations, whose modernisation has comprised as many as 24 engineering structures, including 10 bridges, 4 overpasses and 10 culverts.
The largest of the objects is the bridge over the Dead Vistula, which is already in place parallel to the road suspension bridge. This object, requiring approx. 2,000 tons of steel and concrete, will cost USD38 million and will increase the traffic capacity of the railway to the right bank of the port six-fold.
Photo: http://www.portgdansk.pl
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