Polish shipyard to build special barge
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Polish shipyard Crist from Gdynia has begun the construction of a special barge, which will help in the construction of a 5.5 kilometer-long highway section on Reunion island located in the Indian Ocean.
The highway will connect the capital of the island Saint Denis with La Grande Chaloupe city. The barge will cost some €80 million. The value of the work undertaken in Gdynia will stand at €36 million. The vessel is to be 106.5 meters long and 49 meters wide. It will be able to rest on the bottom of the ocean and assemble parts of a flyover along the shore of the island.
