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Structure-ID: s0002511

Created on: 13/12/01

Modified on: 28/05/08

Jan Wellem Elevated Road
Jan-Wellem-Hochstraße, "Tausendfüßler"

Built:	1961 - 1962
Status:	in use
Address:	Jan-Wellem-Platz
Location:	Stadtmitte, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Jan Wellem Elevated Road, Düsseldorf

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Kö-Bogen-Tunnel (2013)

Persons involved with this structure
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Role	Name	Part of structure

Architect	Friedrich Tamms
Expertise	Wolfhardt Andrä
	Hans Grassl
	Fritz Leonhardt
	Louis Wintergerst
Checking engineer	Hans Grassl

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Owner	Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
Design	Ingenieurbüro Grassl GmbH Beratende Ingenieure Bauwesen
Structural engineering	Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG
Checking engineering	Ingenieurbüro Grassl GmbH Beratende Ingenieure Bauwesen
Contractor	Beton- und Monierbau AG
	Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG
	Ed. Züblin AG
	Rhein-Ruhr-Bau-AG

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
superstructure	prestressed concrete
piers	steel
Dimensions

	span lengths	max. 25.00 m
	number of spans	17 + 6
	length of main bridge	391 m
	length of secondary bridge	154 m
deck	deck depth	1 m
	deck width	8.8 - 11.8 m / 8.8 m
Cost

	cost of construction	DM 5 500 000

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	Düsseldorf: Tausendfüßler - altgedient und ausgedient
	Grassl: Jan-Wellem-Hochstrasse
	Grassl: Jan-Wellem-Hochstrasse

Relevant Literature
	Beyer, E. Hochstraßen (2^nd edition), Düsseldorf (Germany) , 1967; pp. 63, 176+.
	Kanz, Roland Architekturführer Düsseldorf, Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3496012323, 2001; pp. 65.
	Leonhardt, Fritz Brücken / Bridges (4^th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 135-136.

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