New bridge to improve Midrand traffic flow
Driving through Midrand will soon be much easier owing to a new R160-million highway overpass bridge being built by the developers of Waterfall City.
The 115.8-m-long Bridal Veil road overpass bridge was developed by Atterbury Property Development and engineers Aecom on behalf of Attacq, the exclusive holder of the development rights of Waterfall City.
The bridge would 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 m.
It would also feature street lighting below and above the bridge, illuminating the N1 highway and Bridal Veil road.
Construction, which started in November 2014, was expected to be completed in March 2016. The development was being undertaken in strategic phases to reduce disruption to traffic on the N1 while the overpass bridge was being built.
This investment formed part of the infrastructure development within Waterfall City, the largest greenfield urban concept development in South Africa.
Situated south of the Allandale interchange and north of the Buccleuch interchange, the overpass would create a direct link between Midrand and Waterfall City.
“Besides providing another easy access point to Waterfall City, the new overpass bridge will help improve traffic flows in the Midrand area, taking strain off surrounding interchanges and making it easier to get around on Gauteng’s roads,” Atterbury property development director Coenie Bezuidenhout said.
The Waterfall City development spans land on both sides of the N1 highway, from the Woodmead interchange in the south through the Buccleuch interchange to the Allandale interchange in the north, and spans from Modderfontein in the east to beyond Kyalami in the west.
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