Viaducts over Jarama river for Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line (Spain)

Viaducts over Jarama river for Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line (Spain)
  • Sector: Railways

Viaducts for High-Speed Line Madrid-Barcelona-French Border with a length of 2,100 m over the Jarama River, being most of them built as 35 m isostatic sections, with the span lengths over the river of up to 55 m with a statically indeterminate solution.

This viaduct was one of the first prefabricated isostatic viaducts for high-speed lines built in Spain, which meant an important breakthrough in manufacturing followed by many others.

Project Data

  • Client: UTE Mejorada (FCC S.A—COMSA)
  • Owner: Ministerio de Fomento
  • Year of completion: 2001
  • Contract value: €8,000,000
  • Products provided: isostatic and statically indeterminate U-beams
  • Precast volume: 7,500 m³
  • Deck: 29,000 m3
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