A3 motorway (Albania)
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Qarqe:
- In construction
- In planning
The Autostrada A3 or A3 Autostradë (Albanian for, motorway A3 ' ) is an Albanian highway and will result as a central corridor from Tirana to Elbasan ( 31.17 km ) and connect Tirana as the Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII. This stretch will have 21 viaducts and a tunnel with a length of 2.2 kilometers. In the long term, a further construction on the Berat südalbanische Tepelenë (approx. 79 km) is planned.
Route
Before the actual A3 will run from the beginning of the route to the SH2 West Bypass from Tirana ( Alb. Unaza e Madhe e Tiranës ). According to a press release from the Transport Minister Sokol Olldashi which construction has started on the bypass in March 2011.
The planned A3 starts in Tirana's outskirts Sauk at the Rruga Selim Brahja south of Parku i Madh, just west of SH3. From there leads the new road about 3 km parallel to the SH3 until it crosses it and then transferred into a 550 -meter-long tunnel.
Then the highway of the SH3 runs north parallel to the valley of the ores in the places Mullet, Dobresh Bërzhita and over, until it pivots near Mushquta direction Krraba and leaves both the ores and the SH3. Behind Krraba then starts at the boundary of Tirana and Elbasan Qarqe of approximately 2,200 m long Krraba tunnel through the ridge of the Kodrat e Krrabës ( Krraba Hill ).
After the tunnel of the mountain range and the motorway is in the valley of the river Kusha continue towards Elbasan, where she again meets the SH3 at Bradashesh and Shijon and their route from km 30.7 to the end of the new line at the existing roundabout with the SH7 to the railway Durrës - Rrogozhina - Elbasan - Gur i KUQ replaced at km 31.165.
Importance
The section from Tirana to Elbasan will enable after its completion, an alternative to the longer pass road SH3. The new motorway, the main road as an alternative to 80 km further detour via Durres via Rrogozhina.
In addition, the new route is about 15 km shorter than the route via the SH3, so that drastically reduced along with the significantly higher speed, the travel time between Tirana and Elbasan. Economically, it will be after the completion to Tepelenë also an important link between the Albanian capital and Greece.
Course of the construction work
On 29 April 2011, construction work began on Krraba tunnel. Work on the remaining route began on 16 February 2012 after the contracts were signed with the executing contractors actuator and Copri on February 14. The end of construction for the entire highway was targeted for spring 2013.
During end of November 2011, only about a quarter of the construction work was carried out at the tunnel, it was mid-February 2012 ahead by half. On June 16, 2013 - right in the election campaign for the parliamentary elections - the tunnel together with the A3 motorway from Tirana to Elbasan by the Prime Minister Sali Berisha (PD ) was opened. For now, however, is only released a road per tube; the traffic is controlled by means of a light signal system.
Between Mullet and Bërzhita / Iba and Krraba and Bradashesh ( Shijon ) is enabled on a roadway with two-way traffic road.
Costs
The total cost for the section from Tirana to Elbasan to be 440 million euros. The financing is partly taken over by the Islamic Development Bank.