There have tonight been recorded new slide under the bridge that collapsed on E18 Monday afternoon. Geologists will continue to work to identify the unstable clay masses that have collapsed in 100 meters width as soon as it gets light.
Road Traffic Management Centre (VTS) has not directed traffic to and from the south over Siljan / Lågendalen but recommend Episcopal road between Kronlia Tønsberg and bottleneck through Holmestrand center:
– At night traffic gone smoothly through Holmestrand, but we fear that it becomes the queue rush. Motorists should allow longer time, choose diversions farther west or use public transport, says vegoperatør Leif Christensen.
The same reports Aftenposten reporter on the scene by 6:45 o’clock – traffic through downtown Holmestrand goes smoothly .
To ease the pressure put too Bastø-Fosen an extra ferry “Bastø III” between Horten and Moss Monday night.
Is a great need will this continue in the coming days.
– Not new ras
Several motorists witnessed their cars jumped when they crashed down in the dump on Skjeggestad bridge in 110 km / h after the pillars that should have borne the bridge had slipped away and given in.
– We have kept watch over three trucks and eight cars remaining on the north side of the break, the foreign drivers have been lodged at hotels, while the others have gone home, said operations Johs Nysæter at Vestfold Police.
Truck Association: – Expect it working day and night
The CEO of Norwegian Truck Owners Association, Geir A. Mo, says to NRK Dagsnytt he expects the reconstruction of the bridge is the highest priority and that E18 is probably closed for a long time.
– E 18 is one of the blood vessels in our infrastructure. It’s going to be chaos for a long time, he said. – We are awaiting the scope of this collapse. But we expect that the road authorities put all the resources and that they are working day and night to get the bridge up again as quickly as possible.
Earthworks under the bridge
In recent weeks been carried out earthworks in the area under the bridge. A bulldozer is wrecked inside the mudslide, and neighbors leads to Tønsberg Blad that they have reacted to traffic with heavy haulers and construction equipment.
CEO Christoffer Bruserud firm Oscar and Tormod Wike AS confirms that they have worked in area.
– We have leveled parts of the terrain at the top of the field on behalf of the landowner with a bulldozer owned by Maskinpartner says Bruserud tb.no
– Can work have caused such a landslide?
– I think it’s too far away that it might have caused the landslide, but it is up to the Government NPRA to assess and conclude around causes, says Bruserud.
14 years old
Skjeggestad bridge on the E18 in Vestfold was built in 1998 by AS Paving and adopted in 2001. The bridge requesting a portion of E18 Gutu – Helland project.
Bridge is a Box girder bridge in prestressed concrete on 229.1 yards with six spans. It is founded on the rock with steel core piles.
This is a very common brutype and familiar building technique, writes NPRA in a statement.
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