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Structure-ID: s0014912
Created on: 12/30/04
Modified on: 11/04/09


Wurzen-Bennewitz Bridge

Muldebrücke Wurzen
Built: 2004 - 2006
Duration of works: 32 months
Status: in use
Location: Between Wurzen, Leipzig (Landkreis), Saxony, Germany and Bennewitz, Leipzig (Landkreis), Saxony, Germany
Crosses: Mulde River
Wurzen-Bennewitz Bridge
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Structural Type:
main bridge: Cantilever truss bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Checking engineer Hans-Peter Andrä approaches
  Graße main bridge

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen
Client Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs u. -bau GmbH
Architecture Arand Architekten
Structural engineering Weyer beratende Ingenieure GmbH
Structural design Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner approach
  Schüßler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH main bridge
Co-contractor Eiffel Deutschland Stahltechnologie GmbH
  PORR Technobau und Umwelt GmbH
Construction supervision Krebs und Kiefer Beratende Ingenieure für das Bauwesen GmbH

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
truss  steel
deck of main bridge  composite steel-reinforced concrete
deck of approach  prestressed concrete
Dimensions
  total length 528 m
approach   deck depth 1.1 m
  total length 315 m
  span lengths 20 m - 11 x 24.80 m - 20 m
  bridge surface 6 944 m2
main bridge   deck depth 2.5 m
  total length 215 m
  span lengths 70 m - 100 m - 45 m
  bridge surface 4 789 m2
truss   height max. 11 m
  length 85 m
Quantities used in construction
substructure   concrete volume 2 827 m3
  reinforcing steel 452 t
superstructure   structural steel 1 950 t
  concrete volume 7 195 m3
  prestressing steel 250 t
  reinforcing steel 1 069 t
Cost
  cost of construction € 12 700 000

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External LinkArand: B 6, Brücke über die Mulde und das Muldevorland German

Relevant Literature
* Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2008, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3935064543, 2008; pp. 97-111.
* Easy adaptation for variable pier shapes, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2006, n. 42 v. 12 .
* Reintjes, K.-H.   Das Zügelgurt-Fachwerk der Muldebrücke Wurzen, in "Stahlbau", August 2006, n. 8 v. 75 .

 
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