Location: Lebanon

Client: Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) 

Consultants: Associated Consulting Engineers (ACE)

 

Project Description

 

A major mountainous highway starting at the end of existing Nahr el Maout Boulevard with an interchange at Roumieh Road and providing a completely new alignment in a virgin land climbing the hills until it meets the existing road at Jouret el Ballout where an interchange was introduced. The alignment passes under Deir Marchaaya and connects with the existing road at Baabdat entrance with a trumpet type interchange. The highway length is around 12 kms. It has 2 carriageways of 2 lanes each. The design covered the conceptual, preliminary and detailed design, including road geometrics, drainage, sewage and potable water networks, structural design for all bridges and viaducts (around 20 structures), street lighting, telephone, traffic marking and signs and safety equipment.

 

A mountainous highway of 12 km in length linking the coastal area of El- Metn Caza, North of Beirut with the mountain summer resort town of Baabdate in the upper Metn at around 1000m altitude.

 

The project includes 20 bridges and viaducts and 4 interchanges. The design included stormwater drainage, sewage network and potable water network, telephone and electricity networks, street lighting and all traffic and safety appurtenances.

 

Consultancy Services

 

The services included:

 

•    Field investigations
•    Topographic and geotechnical investigations
•    Conceptual and preliminary detailed design
•    Tender documents and preparation of land expropriation decrees
•    Construction Supervision