Port Basin of Vado Ligure – New municipal road alignment alongside the Molo 8.44 shopping centre and the S16 areas (Project 708).

Project objective

The intervention concerned the new road connection between Via Aurelia and Via Piave, replacing the historic alignment of Via Trieste, which was interrupted due to the construction of the gate works (buildings and roadworks) serving the new Multipurpose Platform, in order to permanently reconnect the two residual end sections of Via Trieste (seaside side and Carrara Tunnel side), by overpassing the port rail spur, i.e., without traffic interruptions.
Ancillary activities concerned the environmental management of soils (areas of the former Fornicoke cokerie and former Monteponi foundry), lighting systems, noise mitigation and urban green compensation.

Main works

Link road Via Aurelia / “S16 area”
Approx. 225 m long, it connects the remaining section of Via Trieste tying into Via Aurelia, up to the new roundabout located to the south-west of the “S16 area”.

Roundabout “S16 area”
Outer diameter of the circulatory carriageway equal to 37.0 m (7.0 m lane).

Embankment ramp
Approx. 225 m long, it connects the remaining section of Via Trieste tying into Via Aurelia, up to the new roundabout located to the south-west of the “S16 area”.

Viaduct section
Design span (between abutment bearing axes) equal to 105.0 m, consisting of 6 spans of constant length 17.50 m, with a composite steel–concrete section made of steel girders stiffened by cross-beams and connected to an upper composite reinforced-concrete slab.

Reinforced-concrete approach ramp
After overpassing the port rail spur, a ramp section of about 60.0 m starts, consisting of a reinforced-concrete box-section structure (first part with openings, second part closed) followed by retaining walls of decreasing height towards the Carrara Tunnel, where the alignment ends with a new intersection layout.