In Barcelona, the Port of Barcelona has started the tender process for a €98 million elevated roundabout, according to the Port Authority. The junction is part of the port’s new access roads and is intended to connect them with the existing road network.
The project would build a large elevated roundabout over the former mouth of the Llobregat river. It is designed to organise vehicle movement in the southern part of the port, where traffic is expected to increase.
Construction is expected to begin in 2027, after a long delay of 19 years. The junction is set to become the port’s most important road infrastructure, with traffic from the new access roads, the future Catalunya quay and the expansion of the Prat quay all concentrated in the south.
The design also has to work with a major railway complex planned for the former Llobregat riverbed. It includes a service gallery for links beneath the junction and railway infrastructure, which is why an elevated roundabout with three main entry and exit ramps was chosen.
The first ramp will connect to the future port access motorway. The second will link to container terminals in the southern area. The third will connect to terminals north of the former river mouth, but only on a temporary basis. A permanent connection to the northern port area, an elevated viaduct, will be built once the future pontoon-type berth 35B is complete.
Because the project costs more than €98 million before VAT and is expected to take three and a half years, the tender needs approval from the Council of Ministers. The road and rail accesses to the Port of Barcelona are among Catalonia’s major pending infrastructure projects, and the Council of Ministers approved the wider projects in 2024 with an approximate budget of €730 million. More Catalonia news
