Braila Suspension Bridge

Braila, Romania, 2015, 2018-2023

Client: CNAIR, Association Webuild-IHI

The suspension bridge on the Danube at Braila, located not far from the river delta, is the main crossing in an important North-South road link of local and transnational relevance. Opened in June 2023, with its 1120 m of main span and a total length of 2204,3 m is one of the largest in Europe and the largest in Central-Southern Europe. In 2015 E.D.In. prepared the feasibility design of the structures of the bridge with Client CNAIR, the Romanian road authority. Later, in 2018-2023 carried out the engineering services for the structural design, including design for approval, final design and construction drawings with Client the General Contractor, the Italian-Japanese Association Webuild S.p.A.-Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. The concrete structures of the bridge have been awarded the 2022 AICAP prize as the best concrete structures with Italian involvement of the previous two-year-period.

F. Brancaleoni, CONCEPTS AND NEW PERSPECTIVESFOR LONG SPAN BRIDGES Keynote Lecture, CAR International Conference, Bucharest, 9 – 11 July 2015.

F. Brancaleoni, PONTE SOSPESO DI BRAILA, ROMANIA: MODELLAZIONE NUMERICA GLOBALE E LOCALE, Convegno “Processi innovativi digitali per i Ponti e le Infrastrutture”, Rome, 2019.

F. Brancaleoni, M. Averardi Ripari, G. Carrapetta, D. Caschera, A. Del Vecchio, T. Idani, A. Minniti, T. Shima, IL PONTE SOSPESO SUL DANUBIO A BRAILA, PROGETTO E STATO ATTUALE, Costruzioni Metalliche, 2022.

F. Brancaleoni, L. Bonomo, G. Carrapetta, G. De Santis, A. Minniti, LE STRUTTURE IN CALCESTRUZZO PER IL PONTE SOSPESO SUL DANUBIO A BRAILA, Atti Italian Concrete Conference 2022, Neaples, 2022.

F. Brancaleoni, M. Averardi Ripari, IL CALCESTRUZZO NEI PONTI SOSPESI, Invited Lecture, Atti Italian Concrete Conference 2024, Florence, 2024.