Great Belt East Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
main bridge: Suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Other name(s): | Storebæltsbroerne |
| Built: | 1991 - 1998 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Korsør, Zealand, Denmark, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 55° 20' 25.00" N 11° 1' 24.00" E |
| Coordinates: | 55° 20' 36.00" N 11° 2' 53.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 6.8 km | |
| cables | number of cables | 2 |
| strands per cable | 37 | |
| wires per strand | 504 | |
| cable diameter | 0.827 m | |
| total number of wires per cable | 18648 | |
| on-axis distance between the main cables | 27.00 m | |
| wire diameter | 5.38 mm | |
| eastern approach | deck depth | 6.7 m |
| total length | 2 529 m | |
| span lengths | 73 m - 12 x 193 m - 140 m | |
| deck width | 25.1 m | |
| main bridge | main span | 1 624 m |
| deck depth | 4.00 m | |
| total length | 2 694 m | |
| span lengths | 535 m - 1624 m - 535 m | |
| deck width | 31.00 m | |
| pylons | pylon height | 254 m |
| western approach | deck depth | 6.7 m |
| total length | 1 567 m | |
| span lengths | 143 m - 7 x 193 m - 73 m | |
| deck width | 25.1 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 17 000 t (Fe 420 KT.TM) 2 000 t (Fe 510 D) |
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| structural steel | 28 000 t (Fe 420 KT.TM) 3 000 t (Fe 510 D) |
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| superstructure | structural steel | 30 000 t (Fe 510 D) |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Owner
Design
Architecture
Wind tunnel testing
Consulting
- Ben C. Gerwick Inc. (substructure)
Construction engineers
Construction
- E. Pihl & Søn A.S. (substructure)
Subcontractor
Cables
- Redaelli Tecna spa (suspenders)
Formwork
Project management
- Tony Gee and Partners LLP (superstructure)
Software
Relevant Web Sites
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Bernd Nebel: Brücken: Brücken in Europa: Die Store Baelt Brücke
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Broer.no: Great Belt East Bridge
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highways.dk: Storebæltsbroen
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Lusas: Static and Dynamic Analysis of the Construction Phases of Storebaelt East Suspension Bridge
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Railway Technology: Great Belt Fixed Link
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Storebælt/Great Belt Site
Relevant Publications
- Wheels in motion, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", August 1996, n. 4 v. 2
- D'une rive à l'autre / Brücken dieser Welt (2)(television documentary)
- Great belt bridge – a challenging project for dmi, in "DMI News", 2009
- Storebælt Verbindung, Dänemark, in "Architektur + Wettbewerbe | Architecture + Competitions", December 1996, n. 168
- L'asphalte coulé pour le revêtement de ponts à tablier métallique, in "Ouvrages d'art", July 1999, n. 32
- A Bridge for the 21st Century, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1997, n. 10 v. 67
- Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 150
- Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 112-113
- Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 112-113
- Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004109; pp. 112-113
- Ship collision studies for the Great Belt East Bridge, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
- Pont sur le Grand Belt (Danemark), in "Travaux", October 1973, n. 463
- From Bridges across Great Belt and Oresund towards a Femern Belt Bridge, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
- Brücken und Tunnel der Überquerung des Großen Belt, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", January 1994, n. 1 v. 89
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 110-111
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 110-111
- Great Belt East Bridge , presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- Great Belt's East Bridge - Tender design of the approach spans, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
- Ideenwettbewerb für einen Brückenschlag über den Großen Belt, in "Stahlbau", August 1968, n. 8 v. 37
- Tuned Mass Dampers for the Great Belt East Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1995, n. 4 v. 5
- An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Design of Major Fixed Links, presented at IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010.
- From Little Belt to Great Belt, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
- Design of the Great Belt East Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1995, n. 4 v. 5
- Design of foundations for the Storebælt East Bridge, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999.
- Denmark's «Fixed Link», in "Structural Engineering International", May 1991, n. 2 v. 1
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 189
- Beyond the limits of erection activities, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 50-53
- Le point sur le projet du Grand Belt au Danemark, in "Ouvrages d'art", November 1996, n. 25
- Weitgespannte Brücken / Long-Span Bridges, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 1999, n. 8 v. 39
- Great Belt East Bridge 1624 m suspension bridge substructure, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- The Great Belt Seasons, COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners S.A. (limited edition), 1997
- Geotechnical design considerations for Storebælt East Bridge and Øresund Bridge, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999.
- Design for movements in bridges, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.
- Suspension bridge over the Eastern Channel of the Great Belt, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 284-289
- 30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 80-85
- 30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766715011; pp. 80-85
- Storebaelt East Bridge, aspects du montage et de la réalisation, in "Construction Métallique", 2000, n. 2
- Storebaelt East Bridge - aspetti del montaggio e della realizzazione, in "Costruzioni Metalliche", 1998, n. 6
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000031 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 14/06/2013 |