Resumen de Sadr Elevated Expressway, Tehran, Iran – rapid and cost-effective expansion of an existing highway

Faramarz Aminpour, Maziar Hosseini

• A 6.6km long elevated expressway has been built along an existing route in a busy part of Tehran. The main requirements of the client, the Municipality of Tehran, were rapid construction and minimum disturbance to the existing traffi c below. The main requirements of the design-and-build contractor, SR Special Group, from the design team, Karane Consulting Engineers, were buildability and cost-eff ectiveness. This paper describes the design and construction of this elevated expressway.