Britain's Heavy Lift ALE installs heaviest bridge in Baku

A steel bridge weighing 2,100 tonnes has been installed at a height of 120 metres, in between the two towers of La Luna hotel, which is due to open in 2021.

Report informs citing British media that British company Heavy Lift ALE was involved in the construction of the bridge.

Part of a new development called Crescent Bay in the capital of Baku in Azerbaijan, the seven-star 28 storey La Luna hotel was designed in the shape of a crescent and covers 125,000 square metres.

The company said it used a bespoke methodology to manoeuvre the curved steel structure into place.

The bridge was constructed at ground level to minimise work at height and then raised on specially designed strand jacks.

Dan Kempin, ALE business development manager for offshore services, said, “This area can experience wind speeds of up to 80 km/h and therefore we knew our lift monitoring solution had to be optimised for immediate reporting on wind speed and load displacement. The bespoke design of our strand jack monitoring process ensured ALE could continue to operate within a greater window of wind speeds, as we could monitor the real time wind effect."

According to ALE, the bridge is the heaviest object ever to be lifted to such a height using the method. The company said it will perform two further lifts on the project.