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Severin Bridge
Severinsbrücke

Built:	1956 - 1961
Status:	in use
Location:	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Geographic Coordinates:	50° 55' 51" North 6° 58' 5" East
Crosses:	Rhine River

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Structural Type:

Cable-stayed bridge
fan arrangement, A-pylon

Function / usage:

Road bridge
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Architect	Gerd Lohmer
Engineer	G. Fischer
	Hess
	Stoltenburg

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

Owner	Stadt Köln
Contractor	Gutehoffnungshütte, Actienverein für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb
	Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG
	Rheinstahl Union Brückenbau
	Schwarze Söhne
	Stahlbau Albert Liesegang
Cable steel supplier	Felten & Guilleaume

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
cables	steel
pylon	steel
deck	steel
Dimensions

	main span	302 m
	span lengths	49.21 m - 89.03 m - 47.81m - 302.00 m - 150.68 m - 52.13 m
deck	deck depth	4.00 m
	deck width	29.5 m
pylon	pylon height	77.20 m

Relevant Web Sites
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	archINFORM: Rheinbrücken bei Köln (Severinsbrücke)
	Cologne
	Wikipedia: Severinsbrücke

Relevant Literature
	A-Shaped Tower Supports Rhine Bridge, in "Engineering News Record", 4 February 1960 .
	Brücken in Deutschland II, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3935064462, 2007; pp. 80-81.
	Fischer, G. Le pont Severin sur le Rhin à Cologne, in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", March 1960 v. 25 .
	Heß, Heinrich Die Severinsbrücke Köln, in "Stahlbau", August 1960, n. 8 v. 30 .
	Janberg, Nicolas Die Ästhetik moderner Schrägseilbrücken, in "Baukultur", 1998, n. 3 .
	Leonhardt, Fritz Baumeister in einer umwälzenden Zeit, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 342102815X, 1984; pp. 129-131.
	Pfennig, Jörg Über Brücken, conMedia Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3929972069, 1996; pp. 193.
	Prade, Marcel Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 79.
	Roik, Karlheinz Schrägseilbrücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3433009244, 1986; pp. 25.
	Schüßler, Karl Wettbewerb 1954 zum Bau einer Rheinbrücke oder eines Tunnels in Köln im Zuge Klappergasse-Gotenring [Teil III], in "Stahlbau", October 1957, n. 10 v. 26 .
	Schüßler, Karl Wettbewerb 1954 zum Bau einer Rheinbrücke oder eines Tunnels in Köln im Zuge Klappergasse-Gotenring [Teil II], in "Stahlbau", September 1957, n. 9 v. 26 .
	Schüßler, Karl Wettbewerb 1954 zum Bau einer Rheinbrücke oder eines Tunnels in Köln im Zuge Klappergasse-Gotenring [Teil IV], in "Stahlbau", November 1957, n. 11 v. 26 .
	Schüßler, Karl Wettbewerb 1954 zum Bau einer Rheinbrücke oder eines Tunnels in Köln im Zuge Klappergasse-Gotenring [Teil I], in "Stahlbau", August 1957, n. 8 v. 26 .
	Troitsky, M. S. Cable-Stayed Bridges, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0258970340, 1977.

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