Niederrheinbrücke
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | Rheinbrücke Wesel |
| Built: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Duration of works: | 51 months |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Wesel, Wesel (Kreis), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Carries |
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| Replaces |
Rheinbrücke Wesel (1952)
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| Coordinates: | 51° 38' 43.00" N 6° 36' 16.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 334.82 m | |
| total length | 775.544 m | |
| span lengths | 53.242 m - 5 x 64.544 m - 334.822 m - 61.76 m | |
| bridge surface | 21 844 m2 | |
| deck | deck width | 27.50 m - 31.50 m |
| number of lanes | 2 x 2 | |
| pylon | pylon height (above ground) | 130.00 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 5 600 t | |
| concrete volume | 26 375 m3 | |
| reinforcing steel | 3 190 t | |
| transverse prestressing | 130 t | |
| internal prestressing | 400 t | |
| external prestressing | 170 t | |
| high-performance concrete | 1 300 m3 |
Cost
| cost of construction | Euro 67 800 000 |
Materials
| pylon |
high performance concrete
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| deck of main bridge |
steel
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| deck of approaches |
prestressed concrete
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Chronology
| 2 May 2005 | Beginning of works. |
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| 30 November 2009 | Opened to traffic. |
Participants
Owner
Client
Original design
Structural engineering
Geotechnical/geological experts
Checking engineering
- Ingenieurbüro Gehlen (approaches)
- Gerhard Hanswille (checking engineer) (main bridge)
Co-contractor
Steel construction
Stay cables
Prestressing
Site supervision
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Rheinbrücke in Wesel: Kraneinsatz beim Bau des Pylons, in "Stahlbau", December 2007, n. 12 v. 76
- Parallel universe, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2008, n. 51 v. 14
- Wesel bridge opening relieves traffic over Rhine, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2009, n. 57 v. 15
- DYNA Grip®-Schrägseilsystem für zweite große Schrägseilbrücke in Deutschland, in "DSI Info", 2008- 2009, n. 16
- Rheinbrücke Wesel - Konstruktion und statische Berechnung, in "Stahlbau", July 2008, n. 7 v. 77
- Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2010, Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung, Berlin (Germany); pp. 27-44
- Mit Pylon und Schrägseilen, in "[ Umrisse ]", 2008, n. 4 v. 8
- Die neue Rheinbrücke Wesel - Entwurfsplanung und Ausschreibung, in "Stahlbau", September 2007, n. 9 v. 76
- Spanning the River Rhine with a new cable-stayed bridge, in "Steel Construction", March 2009, n. 1 v. 2
- Spanning the Rhine River with a New Cable-Stayed Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", August 2009, n. 3 v. 19
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0011443 |
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| Created: | 07/01/2004 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |