Open AccessViaduct Over The Lorupe Ravine
Author(s) -
Indra Dziedātāja
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1202/1/012029
Subject(s) - latvian , bridge (graph theory) , boldness , engineering , soviet union , courage , ravine , european union , civil engineering , management , political science , geography , cartography , law , business , psychology , international trade , medicine , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics , personality , politics , economics
On the 20th July 2018, it was the 50th anniversary of the day when the Lorupe viaduct was opened. Its idea, design and construction were a significant turning point in bridge construction in the whole Soviet Union. In the comparatively small Republic of Latvia it was a unique project that required a lot of boldness and skills of road workers. Therefore, construction of this bridge is memorable, especially since several bridges were built using this technology later in the former Soviet Union. Latvian road workers with their courage, creative and meticulous work implemented a European scale project in difficult, constrained circumstances.