Budimex SA together with the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways have officially opened the Suwałki bypass. The thirteen-kilometre-long investment, implemented in the “design and build” mode, is an extension of the Augustów bypass. The contract was completed on time. The construction started in February 2017 and lasted 26 months. It is the first expressway with a concrete surface in the province. Podlaskie.
The new bypass is a total of nearly 40 km of newly built roads. Over 12 km of the main route of the S61 road, 8.5 km of transverse roads with bituminous surface and 17.5 km of service and access roads to the areas adjacent to the investment were built.
The construction of the bypass in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, the investor of which was the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways in Białystok, has been completed. Budimex SA designed and built the city’s bypass, covering over 12.8 km of the S61 expressway, and also completed elements of the “Suwałki Północ” junction in the first stage, i.e.: slip road P1 with a length of approx. 670 m with the necessary technical infrastructure, buildings and construction equipment.
The momentum with which the bypass was built is evidenced by the tons and kilometers of materials that were used to create it. “Over 281 thousand zlotys were used for the cement concrete substructure and surface. m3 of this raw material. Engineering structures, on the other hand, consumed 1 thousand. m3 of non-structural concrete and 16.5 thousand. m3 of structural concrete– says Dariusz Blocher, President of Budimex SA. Other materials that were used in this investment were reinforcing steel – 2811 tons or coal and gravel – 3.5 million tons. “In total, we have built over 12 km of the main route of the S61 road, 8.5 km of transverse roads with bituminous surface and 17.5 km of service and access roads to the areas adjacent to the investment – adds Dariusz Blocher. The roads have also been supplemented with engineering structures, including m.in. a bridge, 11 viaducts, 3 animal crossings, various types of culverts, 11 retention and infiltration reservoirs and one retention reservoir.
The infrastructure accompanying the new bypass is complemented by 53.5 km of energy-absorbing barriers, 17 km of soundproofing and 0.6 km of anti-glare screens and over 27 km of fencing. “In addition, the project provides for the planting of approx. 2300 trees and 28 thousand. pieces of shrubs – adds Dariusz Blocher.
The value of the bypass project is over PLN 253 million. The road, adapted to the heaviest vehicles, is to end the transit traffic running through Suwałki.
