Two firms win €217m deal to replace Austrian ‘engineering marvel’

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

16 January 2025

The existing Luegbrücke in Austria, which will be replaced with a new structure built by Porr and Strabag The existing Luegbrücke in Austria, which will be replaced with a new structure built by Porr and Strabag (Image courtesy of Strabag)

Contractors Porr and Strabag have landed a €217 million (US$223.3 million) deal to replace the 55-year-old Lueg Bridge (Luegbrücke) in Austria.

At 1.8km, the bridge is the longest on the Brenner motorway in the mountainous Tyrol region and snakes around a steep hillside.

Teams from Porr and Strabag will take six years to build a composite slab-girder bridge to replace the existing structure, which carries 32,000 vehicles a day and has…

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