The Chorzov authorities have informed of the complete exclusion from the usage of 1 of the estakades in the city. The city authorities decided to take specified a step after the results of the report, according to which the object "shows no burden capacity and fails or crashes".
Estakada in Katowice (DK79) in the centre of Chorzów has been deactivated Monday at 2.30 p.m. The decision of president Chorzov Simon Michael cannot be moved both on and under it.
Sick. The hazard of disaster. "Estacade shows no burden capacity"
The President's decision is the consequence of an expert study by the plan office that he carried out diagnostic and structural analysis of the object.
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"The study indicated that estacade shows no burden capacity and fails or crashes. The establishment should be excluded immediately from use, permanently preventing access to it" - informed the Municipal Office in Chorzów.
Officials appealed to residents of the region and all drivers to They bypassed the estakade by choosing alternate routes, specified as the Midway way (DTŚ), DK94 and the A4 motorway.
The town hall stated in a communication that Local government crisis management team implements the "scenario of actions developed for the most critical situation", i.e. the exclusion of escapades from use. It is intended to let for the implementation of alternate and replacement communication - both circular and pedestrian. Under the estakade there are utility premises, part of the urban market, and close the public transport stop. There are besides tram tracks.
Estakada underwent a major renovation
In 2011-2014, the estakada underwent a major renovation. The Chorzowski office reported that it was already known at the time that corrective actions were only ad hoc and "in a long-term position it will be essential to demolish the object". "We are waiting for decisions of the Silesian Provincial Inspectorate of Construction Supervision concerning the scope of further activities" - indicated.
In early 2025 The movement on the ramp has been closed for vehicles weighing more than 12 tonnes. The decision was taken after a preliminary opinion indicating the method condition of the facility was submitted.
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According to the City Board of Streets and Bridges in Chorzów, more than 40,000 vehicles passed all day.80 percent of them are vehicles outside of Chorzów. It was 1 of the main routes connecting the Chorzów with Katowice and Bytom.
Chorzowska estakada was created in the 1970s to solve communication problems in this part of the city. 2 two-lane, several-foot-long estakade viaducts were built over the city market, which was commissioned in 1979. This greatly improved the movement on the Katowice - Bytom route, but completely changed the face of the centre of Chorzów. Ideas about the demolition of the escapade appeared repeatedly, but never happened.
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