New construction of the 1,465 m long Peene river bridge in Wolgast
The Geo Group has been involved from the very beginning: Starting with planning surveys in 2006 and continuing with construction surveying in bridge and road construction since 2022, the company has been involved throughout.
The new 6.8-kilometre Wolgast bypass is an important infrastructure project in north-east Germany. Its primary aim is to relieve traffic congestion in and around Wolgast – which has become a bottleneck for the holiday island Usedom – in a sustainable and noticeable way.
Following a one-and-a-half-year tendering process, the contract for the construction of the large bridge was awarded to consortium Neue Peenebrücke Wolgast (c/o Implenia Civil Engineering GmbH).
The new Peene Bridge, with a total length of 1,465 m, will in the future connect the mainland with the island of Usedom. It will cross the Peene River and Sauzin Bay at a clearance height of up to 42 m. Once completed, it will be the longest extradosed bridge (a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge) in Europe. Its nearly 70 m high steel pylons will be founded on bridge piers located within the waterway. The construction will cost about 400 Mio. Euros.
The Geo Group is involved in and accompanying the construction of the bridge for the consortium, with their wide range of services over the entire construction phase from 2026 to 2030 for the implementation of:
- Hydrographic multi-beam and single-beam echo soundings
- Condition survey, including the installation and operation of monitoring systems with their inclination and vibration sensors, implementation of terrestrial and mobile 3D laser scanning to record complex building structures
- Testing and compaction for the creation of a high-precision reference point network of deep-founded measuring pillars with an accuracy of 1 mm in position and height
- Setting out and control measurements with an accuracy of 1-25 mm, depending on the respective construction tolerances, for the construction of deep foundations, shoring, foundations, piers and abutments, bearings and superstructures as well as earthworks and road construction work.
- Settlement and deformation measurements
A particular difficulty and challenge is that more than half of all the structural axes of this large bridge are in the water and nearby shore zones may not entert for reasons of nature conservation.
We are delighted to be able to actively support this major project with our many years of expertise and our wide range of services.
