Rruga e Arbërit
The Rruga e Arbërit (also Rruga e Arbrit ) is a road project under construction that will connect Tirana directly with the Dibra region in eastern Albania .
 
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Route of the Rruga e Arbrit |
The Tirana – Bulqiza – Maqellara line is said to be a well-developed two-lane expressway ( superstradë ) that is 100 kilometers shorter than the current long-distance connection via Milot . Although project drafts for a motorway were also available, such a construction was rejected because the relatively low traffic load would not justify the high costs. Several tunnels and high bridges pose great challenges for the builders.
The 69-kilometer route is intended on the one hand to significantly shorten the journey between Tirana and Dibra and Skopje , and on the other to connect the North Macedonian sales market with Italy via Durrës . At 160 million euros for the time being, the total costs are now given at 250 million euros (this corresponds to around 3.6 million euros per kilometer).
Historical Rruga e Arbërit
Arbër is a historical name for the Albanians - Rruga e Arbërit thus roughly means the street of the Albanians .
Rruga e Arbërit used to be the name of a caravan route that linked Durrës on the Adriatic Sea via Tirana with the mountainous hinterland of Dibra. Like the current road project, it led through the same valleys and over the same passes. The caravan route was the main connection to Eastern Albania until the 1930s. It was only at this time that motorways such as the Kruja - Burrel connection and the continuation to Dibra emerged.
A detailed description of the route can be found in Herbert Louis' Geography of Albania.
“There is probably no other route that is so suitable for providing an insight into the northern inner Albania as the road, ie the caravan route from Tirana via Pazar i Matit to Dibra. [...]
The Dibrastraße crosses three high mountain ranges over a horizontal distance of 20 km, it has to climb and descend several times and overcome a saddle 1250 m high. Only then does she reach Matja's basin. "
The four listed old stone bridges Ura e Brrarit east of Tirana with an arch around 20 meters wide, the Ura e vogël të gurra e kodrës near Xibra, the Ura e Guri të Hoxhës near Guri i Bardhë and the Ura bear witness to the old streets e Vashës in the south of Mat .
Route
The first section of the route runs from the coastal plain on the northeastern outskirts of Tirana over the Skanderbeg Mountains to the Mat near Klos region . This part leads through mostly hardly or completely undeveloped mountain landscape. First, to the northeast of Tirana, the Tujan Gorge is passed, which cuts into the mountain range north of the Dajti . A tunnel around 70 meters long was built here. A completely new route is being laid from Zall-Dajt in the Dajti National Park , which leads in several bends to a crest tunnel at almost 850 m above sea level. A. Altitude, which crosses the pass Qafa e Murizës (approx. 1250 m above sea level ) in two tubes. The smaller tube of the 3200 meter long tunnel is used for maintenance and emergencies; there are six connecting tunnels. Then the route leads to the remote villages of Xibra and Gur i Bardhë (approx. 900 m above sea level ) and on to the river Mat . Several short tunnels of 360, 370 and 500 meters in length are necessary in the very steep terrain. The Mat is crossed at the Ottoman stone arch bridge Ura e Vashës by means of a 152 meter high and 280 meter long bridge.
From the Mat valley, a second section goes under the Qafa e Buallit ( 842 m above sea level ) to Bulqiza : From the Ura e Vashës the route climbs to the Plani i Bardhë plain . At the end of the pass, the pass is crossed in a 465 meter long tunnel. A ramp leads down from the pass into the plain near Bulqiza. An approximately three kilometer long feeder connects the new road from Ura e Vashës to Klos .
The last piece leads from Bulqiza to the inside . The road passes Bulqiza and joins the SH 6 east of the town . It follows its course until shortly before Shupenca. There it crosses the river Zall i Bulqizës at the bridge of Çerenec on a new, 150-meter-long bridge for a new route of around nine kilometers. This follows the river Zall on its southern bank to the Drin. The Rruga e Arbërit crosses this on a new 270 meter long bridge. From there it leads to Maqellara, where there is also a border crossing to Debar in North Macedonia . The road is to be continued in North Macedonia.
State of development
The planning goes back to the year 2008. By 2011, 20 kilometers east of Bulqiza to Ura e Çerenecit had been renewed and completed. To the west of Bulqiza and the tunnel under the Qafa e Buallit , construction was carried out in 2011 without these sections of road being opened to traffic. In autumn 2017, around 15 kilometers were partially completed.
The construction project was subsequently interrupted and redimensioned due to unclear financing. The concession was negotiated with a Chinese company for a long time. The negotiations finally broke down and the project was put out to tender. The winner of the tender was announced in spring 2017. The western part of the Rruga e Arbërit is now being built by the Albanian company Gjoka Konstruksion , which will then also operate the tunnel and collect the tunnel toll . 3,690 vehicles are judged per day. The tunnel toll should be € 4.
The construction work should be completed by early 2021. In 2018, work on various sections of the route was in full swing again. All tunnels and the large bridges over the Mat, the Drin and the Zall i Bulqizës were built. 1550 meters of the eight kilometers of tunnel tubes had been excavated by this time. In the summer of 2019 a collapse of the tunnel at the Murizapass was reported.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rama: Rruga e “Arbërit” të vazhdojë edhe në Maqedoni. In: Albinfo. November 12, 2017, Retrieved December 16, 2018 (Albanian).
- ↑ Rruga e Arbrit, hapet tuneli 500 meters i gjatë në toilets (photo). In: Gazeta Shqip. August 16, 2018, accessed December 16, 2018 (Albanian).
- ↑ B. Karoshi: Tërhiqen kinezët, oferta e tyre nuk pranohet nga qeveria. In: Rruga e Arberit.com. November 22, 2017, Retrieved December 16, 2018 (Albanian).
- ↑ Rruga e Arberit, nje corridor gjitheshqiptar. In: telegrafi.com. March 30, 2009, Retrieved December 16, 2018 (Albanian).
- ^ Herbert Louis : Albania. A knowledge of the country mainly because of my own travels . Published by J. Engelhorn's successors in Stuttgart, Berlin 1927, p. 126 ff., 130 .
- ↑ Map - IMK WebGIS. In: Instituti i Monumenteve të Kulturës. Retrieved December 16, 2018 (Albanian).
- ↑ a b c Bujar Karoshi: Punimet fillojnë, ndërsa kontrata nuk është firmosur akoma. In: Rrugaearberit.com. December 31, 2017, Retrieved February 25, 2019 (Albanian).
- ↑ a b c Almira Zebi Xhembulla: Ja ku po punohet në Rrugën e Arbrit. In: rrugaearberit.com. December 6, 2018, accessed December 16, 2018 (Albanian).
- ↑ a b c IN TV Albania: Rruga, me biletë 4 euros. Rruga e Arbrit, qeveria miraton propozimin on YouTube , April 13, 2017, accessed December 16, 2018.
- ^ ATA: Chinese Ambassador: Road of Arbri construction to start within 2016. In: Invest in Albania. July 13, 2015, accessed December 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Bujar Karoshi: Sa kushton "Rruga e Arbrit"? In: Gazeta Tema. April 6, 2016, accessed December 16, 2018 (Albanian).
- ↑ Ora News: “Gjoka Konstruksion” - 250 mln euros për rrugën e Arbrit, shteti paguan 60 mln euros on YouTube , April 12, 2017, accessed on December 16, 2018.
- ↑ Edi Rama: Videoinformacion nga kantieri i Rrugës së Arberit. In: Facebook. August 24, 2018, accessed September 9, 2018 (Albanian).
- ↑ RTV Klan: Rruga e Arbrit, gati asfalti per km e para on YouTube , February 24, 2019, accessed on February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Bulqiza TV: Ndertimi i urave ne rrugen e Arberit on YouTube , December 12, 2018, accessed on December 16, 2018.
- ↑ Arjan Balla: Scandali i Rrugës së Arbrit: tuneli i shembur nuk riparohet më, ndërtohej pa projekt të miratuar teknik. In: Exit.al. June 10, 2019, accessed September 14, 2019 (Albanian).