Hohenzollernbrücke
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Tied-arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Built: | 1946 - 1987 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 409.19 m | |
| span lengths | 118.88 - 167.75 - 122.56 m | |
| number of tracks | 1948: 2 1959: 4 1987: 6 |
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| deck | total width | 1987: 26.2 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | German Mark 14 000 000 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| arches |
steel
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Chronology
| 1946 - 1948 | Initial reconstruction of the bridge with only two tracks and a pedestrian sidewalk. |
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| 1956 - 1959 | Addition of a set of arches carrying two more tracks. |
| 1986 - 1987 | Addition of another set of arches carrying two more tracks for local commuter trains. The piers are also widenend such that the new section is prestressed to the existing piers. |
Participants
Initial construction (1946-1948)
Owner
Steel construction
Concrete construction
Enlargement (1986-1987)
Design
Checking engineering
- Ruhrberg Ingenieurgemeinschaft (substructure)
Co-contractor
Steel construction
- August Klönne
- Hein, Lehmann AG
- Krupp Industrietechnik GmbH
- Stahlbau Albert Liesegang
- Thyssen Engineering GmbH
Concrete construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Köln: Die Hohenzollernbrücke, Bachern, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3761613008, 1997
- Köln - Ein Architekturführer, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3496011815, 1999; pp. 5
- Über Brücken, conMedia Verlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3929972069, 1996; pp. 189
- Gedanken über das Bauen, in "Baukultur", 1998, n. 3
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 81
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000180 |
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| Created: | 29/04/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |