Part of a site bridge for vehicles that are being used on the Oosterweel Link construction site has collapsed. A section of the bridge over the Groenendaallaan in the Antwerp district of Merksem collapsed on Wednesday morning. One construction worker was slightly injured. The police are asking the public to steer clear of the area. It is still unclear how or why a section of the bridge came to collapse.
On Wednesday morning, a large piece of concrete came down fell from a bridge on the Oosterweel construction site above the Groenendaallaan and Noorderlaan in Merksem. Miraculously only construction 1 worker was slightly injured. The police and fire service are at the scene.
Wouter Bruyns of the Antwerp Local Police Service told VRT News that “It concerns a large section of the bridge, I estimate about one and a half metres wide by 15 metres long. Fortunately, when it collapsed, no cyclists were riding under the bridge”.
The cause of the accident is now under investigation. The cycle path under the bridge has been completely blocked. The police are asking people to avoid the area. Clearing the cycle path is likely to take all day. Cyclists are unable to pass for the time being, motorists are being diverted over the tram rails.