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Some anecdotes
Connection to Sophia:
Emil is the connec-
tion with Sophia, the chauffer who takes
and brings back the project workers who
have to travel to Sophia. So far, he has
done this thousands of times.
Nostalgia:
Many of the professionals wor-
king at the project have had to leave their
families behind in Spain. Argimiro, one of
the project managers, and Jesús Rodrí-
guez, head of Production, talk about how
difficult this is, although he feels proud of
having participated in the construction of
the bridge. Every night, Miro, Quini, Jesús,
Luis and other colleagues meet for dinner
at a restaurant in Vidin which they call the
Classic where they watch the Spanish news
every day. They need to know what is going
on back home and feel connected to Spain.
A crossroad of cultures:
The exchange of
cultures has been a reality. Spaniards, Bul-
garians, Romanians, Portuguese, English,
French, and Guineans have worked at the
project. In fact, there have been newly-for-
med couples between Spaniards and Bul-
garians, and in some cases, children have
been born to these couples. Raúl Zulaica,
head of the laboratory has a son named
Martin and has learned to speak perfect
Bulgarian.
He told us that it all started when he kept
asking how to say things in Bulgarian. After
five years, he now works with young co-
lleagues at the laboratory and speaks their
Luis Plaza, head of production of Railway Installations and Fernando Flórez, head of the Technical
Office.
trified track, a bike lane, two sidewalks for
pedestrians and service, all in a single plat-
form.
The solution of combining road and railway
in a single structure was the idea propo-
sed by FCC thanks to which the Bulgarian
authorities awarded the contracts to the
company.
The bridge consists of three clearly differen-
tiated parts: the viaduct providing access to
the railway, on the ground; plus the cons-
truction of a bridge consisting of prefabri-
cated segments, 13 spans, in the non-navi-
gable canal, and 189 in the navigable canal.
Emil, the chauffer, poses in front of the bridge.