Janbazan Interchange in the city of Karaj

The lack of coherent main artery roads in Karaj, particularly on the way to the north and south of the city led to an unsatisfactory distribution of urban trips. As a result, most hours of the day, the downtown streets face with heavy and annoying traffic. The necessity of making smooth flow-traffic on the streets and intersections in downtown, particularly Chaloos-Karaj road entrance, as one of the main passage routes into Mazandaran province, caused the implementation of Janbazan Interchange which is considered as a top priority of this axis.

The bridge has a length of 948 m, a deck width of 4/27 m with 3-band transmission in each direction. Post-tensioned prestressed concrete voided slab system is used to build the deck of the bridge. Also, due to the density of reinforcement, the concrete is Self-compacting type (SCC (and the ramps have been implemented with geog-rid system. This bridge was recognized as the country's top concrete bridge in 2012 (1391) and was opened with the efforts of managers and staff of the company.

General specifications and project volumes:

  • Type of contract: Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC)
  • Employer:  Municipality of Karaj
  • Consulting Client:  Sazian Consulting Engineers
  • Consulting Partner: Rahab Consulting Engineers  
  • Starting date of operation: May 2010   (Khordad 1389)   
  • Duration of the contract: 24 months
  • The length of decks of main bridge: 518 m
  • The largest bridge span: 50 meters
  • The roadway width on the main bridge:  10.75 m 
  • The number of access ramps: 4
  • The number of piers in main and side bridges: 16
  • The total length of main and secondary routes: 1800 m
  • Type and stability system of  bridges: prestressed and post-tensioned concrete structure with voided slab
  • The area of the bridge deck: 6850 square meters
  • The volume of concrete casting: 11000 cubic meters
  • The weight of Reinforcement: 1400 tons
  • The area of scaffolding: 16,000 sq.m.
  • The volume of earth-filling: 54,000 m³
  • The area of geogrid: 45,000 sq.m.

Project information

Project location:
Alborz, Karaj
Area:
2
Execution project type:
Road
Project start date:
SATURDAY, 22 MAY 2010
Project Finish date:
TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012