Seohae Grand Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1993 - 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Pyongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Asia Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, Asia |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 470 m | |
| length of side spans | 2 x 200 m | |
| total length | 7 310 m | |
| number of cables | 2 x 72 | |
| suspended length | 870 m | |
| deck | width | 34 m |
| pylon | pylon height | 180 m |
Materials
| deck of main bridge |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
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| deck of approaches |
prestressed concrete
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Chronology
| 5 August 1999 | Part of the southern approach viaduct collapses during construction. |
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| 9 November 2000 | Opened to traffic |
Participants
Design
Structural engineering
Consulting
Main contractor
Subcontractor
Stay cables
Prestressing
Formwork
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Pont de Seohae: pose des premiers haubans, in "Freyssinet Magazine", March 1999, n. 204
- Une offre compléte en Corée du Sud, in "Sols et Structures", Second semester 2005, n. 222
- Korea celebrates new link completion, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2000, n. 21 v. 6
- Le pont de Seohae, in "Freyssinet Magazine", January 2001, n. 210
- Le pont le plus long de Corée, presented at First fib Congress, 13-19.10.2002, Osaka, Japan.
- Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France), 2004; pp. 49
- Conceptual Design of the Seo-hae Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11
- Le pont de Seohae en Corée du Sud, in "Travaux", December 2001, n. 781
- VSL's Contribution to the Longest Bridge in Korea, in "VSL News", 1997, n. 1 v. 8
- A Grand New bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", February 2001, n. 2 v. 71
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000614 |
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| Created: | 22/01/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |