2023-08-04 05:43:00
200 tons of concrete and metal that flew away with apparent ease despite some vagaries of the weather.
This air corridor still had to be completed by two other elements of about seventy tons per part. These must overhang tracks 1 and 2 as well as 3 and 4, for safety, it is in the evening and at night that the work must be carried out. Without passage of trains or current in the catenaries!
The rest of the work took place this Thursday evening. ©EdA
After the last passage of a train in the direction of Ghent-Antwerp, this Thursday evening, Infrabel cut off the electricity on the tracks, allowing the TRBA and Dufour teams to work comfortably.
The second part of the footbridge was already in the air in order to save time during the starting signal given by the railway network manager. 70 tons raised like a feather!
The second element of the footbridge took off this Thursday evening, in order to be posed with dexterity. An impressive aerial ballet. ©EdA
It was at 11:05 p.m. that the platforms were plunged into darkness and, at 11:30 p.m., the aerial ballet of the second element to form the air corridor was already in place.
The second element of the footbridge took off this Thursday evening, in order to be posed with dexterity. An impressive aerial ballet. ©EdA
For the occasion, Mayor Brigitte Aubert and her Alderman for Works, Marie-Hélène Vanelstraete, came to the site to assess progress.
The mayor notably went down to the site to see the progress of the work and to receive details from TRBA. ©EdA
In addition to the last part laid in the next few hours, it will then be necessary to build the two junctions between the 3 rooms – nicely called “chapels” in technical jargon – as well as public access on either side in order to bring a little closer again the Hurlus of the Cleugnottes…
At 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening, the second element of the footbridge was already in place. ©EdA
Carried out with European aid, the site is bound by a deadline. The work will be completed before the end of this year.
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