The most beautiful bypass in Poland put into service

Budimex has commissioned the six-kilometre Wałbrzych bypass. The bypass runs in a mountainous area, the so-called Wałbrzyska Mountains approx. 500 m above sea level and allows you to bypass the city center in the wake of the national road No. 35 (Polish border – Wrocław). The investors are: the City of Wałbrzych and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, Branch in Wrocław. The investment is co-financed by the European Union.

The Wałbrzych bypass is a dual carriageway road with three communication junctions: Rondo Niepodległości; Żeromskiego junction; Reja junction. 3 flyovers were built on the route: No. 5 (roundabout), viaduct No. 6 (Żeromskiego Street), viaduct No. 7 (Reja Street). The longest of the buildings is 180 meters long. Budimex has also constructed an underground passage along ul. Żeromski. A footbridge was built over the bypass in the area of Dr. Oczki and St. Kinga and three frame culverts on the Szczawnik stream.

The construction was very demanding for the general contractor. Under the road under construction, there is an uninventoried post-mining infrastructure – the Gustaw shaft, the Lisia Adit. They required design changes and many additional works to strengthen and secure the new bypass – says Cezary Łysenko – Director of the Infrastructure Construction Division at Budimex.

The following were used for the construction: 750 thousand. tons on embankments, 80 thousand. tons of asphalt mix, over 2 thousand. tons of  reinforcing steel and over 19 thousand. cubic meters of concrete. The task also included the reconstruction of 16 existing streets.

We also discovered the remains of historical urban and industrial infrastructure – tracks, old road ducts, foundations and power poles supplying non-existent industrial plants – These circumstances had the greatest impact on the fact that the construction took a year longer than planned. Despite this, we completed the works in the final contract term, i.e. before November 21 – adds Cezary Łysenko.

Construction began in April 2019. The cost of the investment amounted to: PLN 397 million net.

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