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ROADS & MOTORWAYS
Kokkinotrimithia - Astromeritis Highway
- Cyprus
Client: Ministry
of Transport
Services: Detailed
design, environmental impact study, Tender Documents,
technical assistance during tendering and works construction.
Period: 2000
– 2002
Construction cost: €
40,000,000
The Project:
The project highway is the prosecution of the existing
Anthoupolis – Kokkinotrimithia highway, to reach the towns of
Astromeritis and Troodos.
The total length of the highway, including the link to Troodos,
is 25.7 km with about 4.5 km of 2-lane link roads.
The contract, in fact,also includes the design of the three
link roads:
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Akaki link : a 2 lane road from Deneia – Kokkinotrimithia
interchange to the existing road, (2.5 Km)
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Peristerona link: a 2 lane road from exit from Avlona -
Astromeritis interchange (1.7 Km)
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Troodos link: a 4 lane road from exit from Katokopia -
Astromeritis interchange (6.4 Km)
The project
highway runs over a generally flat to slightly rolling
terrain, mainly constituted of calcareous sedimentary rock and
recent alluvial soils, quite densely inhabited and with scarce
vegetation, with the exception of the last part of the main
alignment and the majority of the link to Troodos which cross
an orange orchard.
In total the following main structures envisaged:
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