Impact Of The Semarang East Flood Canal Rail Bridge Work, Tegal Rejo-Purwosari Raya Road Is Temporarily Closed

Workers are doing repairs to the rail stands on the Semarang East Flood Canal, Thursday. (ANTARA/HO-KAI Daop Semarang)

PT KAI Daop 4 Semarang raised the construction of a railroad bridge that crossed the East Flood Canal in Semarang City, Central Java, 50 cm. Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Daop 4 Semarang Franoto Wibowo said the elevation of the railroad bridge took about 15 days of construction. "The work on the 6 Kaligawe bridge will start from March 7 to 21, 2024," he said in Semarang, Antara, Thursday, March 7. As a result of the work, he said, there are two level crossings at the end of each bridge that must be temporarily closed, namely Tegal Rejo and Jalan Purwosari Raya. Traffic engineering is carried out for motorists who will pass at the two level crossings. He explained that the implementation of the elevated rail bridge work itself would begin with the demolition of the asphalt at the end of the bridge which was followed by the lifting of the bridge frame. The work aims to equalize rail geometry at both ends of the repaired bridge.

He added that the increase in the reliability of this railroad bridge is an effort to improve services during the Eid transportation period later.