Lyulin motorway
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The Lyulin motorway is a motorway, which provides a link between the Sofia ringroad
and the junction of Daskalovo near Pernik
. Its construction began in 2007 and was scheduled to be finished in 38 months. Its length is around 19 km and it cost €185 000 000, because it runs through mountainous terrain and needed many tunnels and viaducts in order to avoid ecological, environmental and terrain issues. The Lyulin motorway was launched on 15 May 2011 and became thus the first fully operating motorway in the country.
, whilst the remaining six were sent to hospital in Pernik
, where two of the workers died. A third died the following day, also in Pernik
. All of the casualties were working for the Turkish construction firm Mapa-Dzhengiz. A formal investigation into the cause of the accident has been launched.
Sofia ringroad
The Sofia ring road is an important thoroughfare surrounding Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The Ringroad is around 60 km long and is going to be extended in several stages by 2012, which will cost a total of around €300,000,000....
and the junction of Daskalovo near Pernik
Pernik
Pernik is a city in western Bulgaria with a population of 81,052 . It is the main city of Pernik Province and lies on both banks of the Struma River in the Pernik Valley between the Viskyar, Vitosha and Golo Bardo mountains.Originally the site of a Thracian fortress founded in the 4th century BC,...
. Its construction began in 2007 and was scheduled to be finished in 38 months. Its length is around 19 km and it cost €185 000 000, because it runs through mountainous terrain and needed many tunnels and viaducts in order to avoid ecological, environmental and terrain issues. The Lyulin motorway was launched on 15 May 2011 and became thus the first fully operating motorway in the country.
Incidents and accidents
On 17 April 2010, during construction of a concrete element of the motorway, the supporting structure holding an area where concrete was being poured collapsed, killing three workers and seriously injuring a further 7. The incident occurred between 9:30pm and 10:00pm at the 13.7th kilometre of the motorway, near the village of Golyamo Buchino. Four workers were transported to Pirogov HospitalPirogov Hospital
Pirogov Hospital is a large hospital for active treatment and emergency medicine in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was founded in 1951 and has a capacity of 795 hospital beds, 33 clinics and departments and employed 2,418 medical and other staff...
, whilst the remaining six were sent to hospital in Pernik
Pernik
Pernik is a city in western Bulgaria with a population of 81,052 . It is the main city of Pernik Province and lies on both banks of the Struma River in the Pernik Valley between the Viskyar, Vitosha and Golo Bardo mountains.Originally the site of a Thracian fortress founded in the 4th century BC,...
, where two of the workers died. A third died the following day, also in Pernik
Pernik
Pernik is a city in western Bulgaria with a population of 81,052 . It is the main city of Pernik Province and lies on both banks of the Struma River in the Pernik Valley between the Viskyar, Vitosha and Golo Bardo mountains.Originally the site of a Thracian fortress founded in the 4th century BC,...
. All of the casualties were working for the Turkish construction firm Mapa-Dzhengiz. A formal investigation into the cause of the accident has been launched.