Genk Railway bridge
Location
Genk
Client
De Vlaamse Waterweg
Start of the construction
01/2021
End of the construction
09/2022
Replacement old railway bridge
With the realisation of this project, we increased the vertical clearance at the railway bridge in Genk. To this end, we replaced the old three-span railway bridge with a new two-span bridge.
The assignment included the following works:
- Modification of the tracks of L21C including earthworks, track works and cable works
- Renewal of the railway bridge over the Albert Canal, including demolition of the piers and construction of a new central pillar in the canal
- Complete demolition of the road bridge on the right bank
- Conversion of the road bridge on the left bank into a retaining wall
- Demolition of road embankment and excavation of embankments
- Construction of two new railway bridges (trough bridge type) on left and right banks
- Construction of roads and sewers
- Construction of a new quay wall
- Demolition of a bunker
- Renewal of bank and towpath