Construction Week reported that the construction contract for the Hodariyat Island Bridge in Abu Dhabi has been awarded to VSL Middle East and AST.

The bridge will be the first stay cable bridge to be constructed in the UAE and will link Abu Dhabi to Hodariyat Island which is currently separated by a water channel around 1000 meters wide.

In a JV with UAE based AST, VSL, a post tensioning and structural strengthening company started the construction in October. The bridge will be 1.3 kilometers long, having a central span 200 meters wide with the stay pylons extending some 40 meters above the deck level

Mr Stephen Burke deputy general manager of VSL said that “Stay cable bridges are very suitable for traversing wide rivers or large bodies of water.”

He said that “In the case of the Hodariyat Bridge the stay cable is a good solution both technically and aesthetically due to the fact that there is a wide maritime navigation channel to cross.”

(Sourced from Construction Week)