After the partial collapse of Dresden's Carola Bridge, Saxony's bridges are under scrutiny. The Agra Bridge in the south of Leipzig is one of the structures that is being given high priority and is now undergoing an intensive investigation. This Wednesday (December 4), four scaffolds will be erected, as announced by the State Office for Roads and Traffic. Then so-called cladding tubes will be opened in order to examine the condition of the prestressing steel installed in them.
After the partial collapse, the focus is particularly on so-called prestressed concrete bridges from the 1960s to 1980s. This type of construction is at risk of damage due to corrosion in the prestressing steel, which can suddenly lead to failure under certain conditions. This is considered to be the cause of the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge.
The first reliable results from the laboratory tests on the condition of the Agra Bridge are not expected until mid-January at the earliest.
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