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he Luiz I Bridge, one of Porto’s icons, a century-old work and UNESCO world heritage site,
one of enormous difficulty and sensitivity, given the bridge’s historic significance and the tremendous difficulty in accessing it. This complexity required the Prestressing Operational Unit to perform a detailed planning of the execution of the various activities to be carried out, with the
main focus on not restricting, under any circumstances, the movement of the urban rail train over the bridge.
These activities were carried out in a record period of eight days, when the
specifications provided for a duration of three weeks, which, once again, attested the level of excellence of
the work carried out by Mota-Engil Engenharia, with the work of the Prestressing Operational Unit, in this specific case, being supported by Mota-Engil Railway, in the deactivation and reactivation of the line, before and after the nightly load transfer works.
REHABILITATION AND REINFORCEMENT
OF THE UPPER DECK OF THE LUIZ I BRIDGE
MOTA-ENGIL ENSURES WORK IN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
inaugurated in 1886, was subjected to a renovation and to a reinforcement of its upper deck, in its southern abutment, by the Mota-Engil Engenharia Prestressing Operational Unit.
The classification as world heritage and the fact that the D-line of the Porto Metro was installed on the top deck of the bridge made this work, already complex, into
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