Section 18, Cross Israeli Highway, Ein Hakore Interchange

Finley is providing design and construction engineering services to contractor Danya-Cebus, Ltd. for the Shelef and Nilly Bridges in Israel.  This $210 million (U.S.) build-operate-transfer project is part of Section 18 of the new Highway 6, a public-private partnership venture that is Israel’s largest-ever infrastructure project.  Section 18, a 17-kilometer northward extension of the project, includes the construction of four new precast segmental bridge overpass structures. Each new twin bridge will carry two lanes of traffic – a total of four structures and eight lanes. The design also accommodates potential widening, with room for a third box girder between each twin structure.

The Highway 18 Project is part of a Build-Operate-Transfer funded toll facility in Israel.  This project includes over 30,000 sq. m. of precast segmentally constructed bridge deck area.  These bridges have span lengths up to 66m and will be constructed in balanced cantilever using ground based cranes and falsework support systems.  The Finley Engineering Group is providing superstructure design and construction engineering services on the project.  Construction Engineering services include shop drawings, temporary support design, construction analysis, casting geometry, post-tensioning calculations and erection manuals.