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Barriers tailor-made for Swedish motorway project

Traffic management barriers developed by Belgian access control systems are being used on the Norra Länken motorway project in Sweden, supplied through its local partner Swarco. Built in cooperation with the city of Stockholm and co-financed by the European Union, Norra Länken is five kilometres long with four kilometres in tunnels and is said to be northern Europe’s largest road tunnel project. Two types of barrier have been installed on the project, the BL77 security barrier and the extra long BL52
December 4, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
RSSTraffic management barriers developed by Belgian access control systems supplier 3197 Automatic Systems are being used on the Norra Länken motorway project in Sweden, supplied through its local partner 129 Swarco.

Built in cooperation with the city of Stockholm and co-financed by the 1816 European Union, Norra Länken is five kilometres long with four kilometres in tunnels and is said to be northern Europe’s largest road tunnel project.

Two types of barrier have been installed on the project, the BL77 security barrier and the extra long BL52 barrier. The BL52 is specifically designed for the physical closure of large roads, tunnels and highways. Its visibility is reinforced by high-luminosity LEDs and reflective strips. The BL52 is used for the closure of routes up to 14 metres wide. For the Norra Länken project, the barrier was tailored to meet the client's technical specifications. Its arm is eight metres wide and opening speed is less than seven seconds.

The barriers are integrated with the sophisticated traffic control and security systems deployed in the region and nationwide and are installed along the roads, inside the tunnels and at the tunnel entrances.

"Norra Länken is a challenging project with very complex technical requirements. I'm very proud to be part of this project,” says Wim Teurlinckx, sales manager Automatic Systems' Northern Countries.

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