Iraq NS RW Project

Iraq, 2022 – in progress

Client BTP Inc.

The “Development Road” project consists in the new Railway & Highway Systems (i.e. a multimodal corridor of almost 1,200 km in length), aimed to connect the new Grand Faw Port up to the Turkish Border and enhance the socio-economic development of Iraq. The new Railway system shall be designed in order to transport passengers at 300 km/h and freights at 120 km/h, while serving most of the Iraqi cities from South to North. Main structures of the railway include typical spans of 25m in prestressed concrete, composite steel-concrete decks for 40m and 50m spans as well as steel trusses for 70m spans. Special structures within the Project include a steel tied arch bridge with a 100m span and a cable stayed bridge with a total length of 400m and a main span of 200m. Within the project, E.D.IN. has developed the Feasibility Study and Preliminary Design of all the Railway and Highway bridges and viaducts as well as minor structures such as overpasses and underpasses.