In mid-April, the bridge over the CV-95 linking San Miguel de Salinas with Orihuela was closed due to the detection of major faults in it’s structure. The section of the road affected is used daily by thousands of drivers – an average of ten thousand – for their journeys between Torrevieja, Orihuela and the inland municipalities of the Vega Baja .
Sin ce it was closed, a detour of about two kilometres around the ring road on the outskirts of the SUS-A Los Invernaderos urbanisation has been necessary.
Now, it is understood that the bridge will reopen at the end of September or beginning of October.
The bridge spanning the Rambla was collapsing with surveyors from the Generalitat ordering an emergency tender to resolve the situation with a budget of 2.6 million euros. The contract went directly to the company Pavasal requesting immediate action.
In the event of torrential rains, the bridge could have collapsed, according to the assessment carried out by the surveyors after they were alerted by a residents’ group in October 2023. The Generalitat resolved to award the work via emergency procedures in just five months.
Last week the operation to locate the main structure of the new bridge over the Lo Quiles ravine of the CV-95 in San Miguel de Salinas was completed .
