The planning certificate on the basis of which the Belgian state railway company SNCB will renovate the Jubilé bridge in Brussels has been issued.
The Brussels Region and SNCB signed a cooperation agreement in July 2021 for the renovation of this listed railway bridge in partnership. The agreement provides for joint funding from urban.brussels and SNCB. Once renovated by the railway company, the bridge will be permanently transferred to the Brussels-Capital Region, which will manage and maintain it. Work will begin in the coming months and will last one and a half years.
Specifically, the renovation project will involve replacing the bridge’s 80-metre-long main deck, SNCB says. The chosen solution is to remove the precast concrete elements and replace them with a new structural deck consisting of a metal slab.
Two-lane traffic in each direction will be maintained on the central part of the bridge. A 2.10 m wide cycle path will be provided on either side of the roadway and a wide wooden paved sidewalk will be built for pedestrian traffic.
The work, half-funded by urban.brussels and SNCB, is estimated at €8 million and will be coordinated by the rail operator. After renovation, the bridge will be transferred to the Brussels Mobilité regional administration at a symbolic cost of one euro.
The Jubilé Bridge in Brussels was built in 1904
The Jubilé Bridge, originally called the Monumental Bridge (Pont Monumental), was built in 1904 by the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer, when the Jubilé Boulevard and the Boulevard Émile Bockstael were being developed to cross the railway line between the Tour and Taxis. The bridge was listed as a historic monument in 2007.
The railway lines under the bridge were removed in 2001 and the land was sold seven years later. The land under the bridge is now part of a park stretching from Port Street to the Émile Bockstael Square.
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