Juodeikiai Dam

Juodeikių tiltas is a bridge in the Mažeikiai district municipality, Židikų eldership, Juodeikių village, on road 219 Bugeniai–Pikeliai, built over the Juodeikių pond. It is located near the company "Mažeikių nafta" from the south side, coming from Mažeikiai. On both sides of the bridge, raised embankments for water overflow lead to it. At this location, the road crosses the flooded confluence of Eglynupis and Varduva. The main road to "Mažeikių nafta" crosses the Varduva river via this bridge. Heavy tankers carrying oil and its products travel over this bridge. According to data from 2009, the bridge over Varduva was technically outdated and no longer met the increased traffic loads, requiring urgent major repairs. The bridge is a reinforced concrete, girder, segmented structure, built in 1981 over the Varduva river dam. The bridge is 85.60 meters long, composed of five spans (11.38+16.82+16.82+16.82+11.38). Six I-beams were laid in the deck. Column piers were built. One pier consists of two reinforced concrete columns 1.4 m in diameter, connected by a monolithic variable-height crossbeam. The supports are backfilled, piled, single-row, with rectangular cross-section crossbeams. There are two traffic lanes on the bridge, limited by prefabricated reinforced concrete barriers. Metal railings bordering the edges of the bridge have been installed. Narrow sidewalks for technical use are arranged on the bridge, and road signs prohibiting pedestrian movement have been erected.