SAMUT SAKHON: More lanes upon were closed upon Rama II Road on Wednesday, to allow the removal of loose-hanging cement slabs from a flyover, while another section that had been closed by Sunday night’s U-turn bridge collapse was reopened.
Highways police shut part of the highway on Wednesday morning right after motorists spotted four concrete slabs dangling insecurely from a flyover parapet at the twenty two kilometre marker in tambon Khok Krabue of Muang district.
Nearby highway officials said there were marks displaying a tall automobile had hit the flyover. The concrete surface had cracked, exposing the steel reinforcing. The broken pieces were had been removed for open public safety and the road reopened.
Also on Rama II Road, Bangkok-bound express lanes reopened to traffic on Wednesday morning following the Highways Department taken out four remaining supports on the U-turn bridge above the 34th kilometre marker.
The lane had been closed given that Sunday night when an outer beam fell from your bridge , eliminating two people and injuring two others. The official investigation is expected to take two weeks.
Highways Department director-general Sarawut Songwilai said officials would certainly check the remaining construction of the 29-year-old U-turn bridge and decide whether it could be managed or should be changed.
The remaining supports were removed from the particular U-turn bridge to the Rama II highway that partially collapsed on Sunday evening and the express lane were reopened in order to traffic on Wed morning. (Photo: Highways Department)