Alpine has won the contract from ASFINAG to build the bridge over the Danube in Traismauer, Austria. Building work started this week and is scheduled for completion in 3 1/2 years with a budget of €48.7 millions.

The Traismauer Danube bridge will be built of pre-stressed concrete and will be 15 m high. Its total length of over one kilometre will be in two sections before the river (460 m to the north and 330 m to the south) and 360 m over the river itself. There will be two lanes in each direction with a shoulder for breakdowns. The bridge will be supported on two pillars over the river, reaching 12 metres underwater and built using a boat. The central section will allow ships to pass underneath.

The new bridge over the Danube will connect the S33 to the south with the S5 to the north. Once finished, the bridge will provide a direct motorway connection from St Pölten to Vienna to the north of the Danube, cutting the distance by some 20 km and relieving congestion on the B19 Tullner Straße.