Thousands of tonnes of allegedly faulty structural steel lie unwanted in a Dutch port following last year’s cancellation of a major bridge contract in Leverkusen, Germany. The German federal highway authority has now appointed a new team to complete the first of twin cable-stayed bridges to replace an old crossing carrying the A1 Dortmund/Koblenz motorway over the Rhine River next to the city.
Under the new $262-million contract, a Franco-German joint venture will build the first of parallel bridges next to the existing cable-stayed crossing. After the new bridge opens, the authority, Autobahn GmbH (AGmbH) plans to demolish the old crossing and have the second bridge twin built in its place.