Waterfall’s new N1 highway overpass bridge for Midrand
MIDRAND - A new R160-million highway overpass bridge being constructed by Waterfall City is expected to ease traffic in Midrand once completed.
The Bridal Veil Road overpass bridge is being developed by Atterbury Property Development and engineers from AECOM, for and on behalf of Attacq, the exclusive holder of the development rights to the prestigious Waterfall City.
Construction of the bridge began in November last year and is expected to be complete by March 2016.
Atterbury Property’s director of commercial development, Coenie Bezuidenhout, said the bridge, which will be situated south of the Allandale interchange and north of the Buccleuch interchange, will create a direct link between Midrand and Waterfall City. Bezuidenhout said, “This will open up an important route that will make travelling easier and faster for the growing number of people who live and work in this leading-edge Gauteng development node, easing traffic.” The superstructure of the bridge will be 115.8 metres and will carry four lanes of traffic two in each direction, a pedestrian walkway, a cycle track and a raised centre median, resulting in a width of 22.7 metres. It will also feature streetlights below and above the bridge, illuminating the N1 highway and Bridal Veil Road.
The new Bridal Veil Road overpass bridge is scheduled to be completed on time for the launch of the iconic new 127,000 sqm super-regional shopping centre, Mall of Africa, at Waterfall City, which will open in 2016.
