Press Releases 2004

May 13, 2004
Svinesund Bridge: Arch between Sweden and Norway completed

The distinctive reinforced concrete arch of the new Svinesund Bridge has been joined. Bilfinger Berger completed the 247-meter arch, which crosses the Idefjord to connect Norway and Sweden, by simultaneously building cantilever structures outward from each side of the waterway.

The bridge structure, which totals 700 meters in length, has a cost of €60 million and is part of a new stretch of expressway between the Swedish port city of Gothenburg and the Norwegian capital Oslo. It is to be opened in June 2005, on the 100th anniversary of the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway.

Bilfinger Berger is a leader in technically demanding infrastructure projects, both in Germany and internationally. Bilfinger Berger recently completed the Altenheim-Eschau bridge across the Rhine River near Strasbourg, and is now undertaking a complicated tunnel project in central Cologne that will form the core of the city's new north-south subway. The completion of turnkey subway lines in Bangkok and Taipei also underline the Company's civil engineering competence, as do other Bilfinger Berger construction projects that include an important part of Bangkok's expressway network, the Anzac Bridge in Sydney, and the My Thuan Bridge over the Mekong River in Vietnam. An 80-kilometer stretch of Taiwan's High Speed Rail line - much of it elevated - and a new bridge over the Panama Canal add further to Bilfinger Berger's track record.

Bilfinger Berger will continue implementing its strategy of targeted internationalization. The focus will remain on challenging infrastructure projects and on expansion of the Company's presence in regions where it is already successfully represented.