Danish Road Directorate

The Danish Road Directorate said the work on stage three of the Kalundborg Motorway will include a new junction facility as well as a large fauna underpass, a road bridge and two pedestrian bridges.

The Danish Road Directorate, Vejdirektoratet, said lower operating costs of LED highway lights mean the return on investment could be only six years.

A €554 million tunnel is planned for Aarhus in Denmark.

A new €1.2 billion highway is planned for Denmark.

The motorway project on the Danish island of Zealand could entail upgrading the two-lane Route 54 and will likely start in 2026.

The €349.6 million Nordhavnstunnel contract in the capital Copenhagen was awarded by the Danish Road Directorate / Vejdirektoratet.

Geveko Markings says that better visibility, reduction of noise and increased road safety are the benefits its new ViaTherm LongDot road marking. ViaTherm LongDot has been developed in collaboration with Vejdirektoratet - the Danish Road Directorate – and several of its partners within the highways sector, says Geveko. Road markings everywhere are based mainly on two types of markings. The ordinary flat road marking (Type I) and the structured profiled marking (Type II). Flat markings are noiseless

Denmark’s Minister of Transport Ole Birk Olesen has turned the sod to officially start construction of the new 4km road and rail Storstrøm Bridge. The €549 million bridge is scheduled to open for road traffic in 2022 and for rail traffic in 2023. The project budget includes the cost for demolition of the existing bridge that opened in 1937. The 24m-wide single-support cable-stayed structure will connect the islands of Zealand to Falster and touch down on the smaller Masnedø Island.

Over the next few weeks, Denmark is hosting a world-premiere in the field of green infrastructure. A busy section of the motorway exiting the greater area of Copenhagen northbound towards Elsinore has been chosen is being used for the trials. This is the first of several roads on the Danish state road network to receive a special climate-friendly asphalt, as part of the development of pavements that reduce emissions from road traffic. This type of asphalt has been developed over the last decade and is the

An Italian joint venture has won the construction contract for Denmark’s replacement 4km-long road and rail Storstrom Bridge. The Danish Road Directorate – Vejdirektoratet - awarded the work to contractors Itinera, Condotte and Grandi Lavori Fincosit along with bridge design consultant Seteco Ingegneria as a subcontractor. Estimated cost is around €280 million for the 26m-wide single-support cable-stay structure. The European Union will subsidise the work to around €15 million.