General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Multiple-span cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Other name(s): | Maracaibo Bridge |
| Built: | 1958 - 1962 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, South America |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 10° 34' 28.00" N 71° 34' 31.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 8.7 km | |
| clearance | 50 m | |
| number of spans | 135 | |
| approaches | span lengths of approaches | 26 x 85.0 m - 2 x 65.8 m - 79 x 46.6 m - 20 x 36.6 m - 1 x 22.6 m |
| deck | deck depth | 5.00 m |
| deck width | 17.40 m | |
| embankment | length | 406.0 m |
| main bridge | main spans | 5 x 235 m |
| span lengths of main bridge | 160.00 m - 5 x 235 m - 160.00 m | |
| pylons | pylon height | 86.60 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
reinforced concrete
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 1957 | International competition |
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| 24 August 1962 | Opening |
| 6 April 1964 | After a ship collides with a pier one of the span collapses into the water. Seven persons are killed in the collapse. |
Participants
Initial construction (1958-1962)
- Riccardo Morandi (designer)
- Jean Kérisel (consultant) (foundations)
Co-contractor
Cable steel supplier
Repairs (1964-1964)
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- The Bridge Spanning Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, Bauverlag GmbH, Berlin (Germany), 1963
- Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York (USA), 1969; pp. 144-155
- History and Aesthetics of Cable-Stayed Bridges, in "Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE)", October 1991, n. 10 v. 117
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 130
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 144
- Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 90-91
- Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 90-91
- Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004109; pp. 90-91
- Bridge engineering, Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0727732153, 2003; pp. 604, 621
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 90
- Riccardo Morandi, Gangemi Editore, Rome (Italy), ISBN 887448626X, 1991; pp. 181-186
- Replacing Corroded Cables on a Cable-Stayed Bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", September 1982, n. 9 v. 52
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 278-279
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 187
- Schrägseilbrücken, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3433009244, 1986; pp. 40
- Structural Study of Piers 30 and 33 Bearing Saddles, Maracaibo Bridge, Venezuela, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2002, n. 1 v. 12
- Evaluating the Central Piers of the Maracaibo Bridge, Venezuela, in "Structural Engineering International", May 1999, n. 2 v. 9
- Cable-Stayed Bridges, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0258970340, 1977
- Bridges with Multiple Cable-Stayed Spans, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000043 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |