Sunniberg Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Extradosed bridge
|
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
|
| Other name(s): | Sunnibergbrücke |
| Built: | 1996 - 1998 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Klosters-Serneus, Grisons, Switzerland, Europe |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 46° 53' 9.00" N 9° 51' 23.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 526 m | |
| longest span | 140 m | |
| span lengths | 59 m - 128 m - 140 m - 134 m - 65 m | |
| horizontal radius of curvature | 503 m | |
| bridge surface | 6 510 m2 | |
| height above valley floor or water | 50 - 60 m | |
| deck | deck width | 12.378 m |
| pylons | pylon height | max. 77 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 240 t | |
| concrete volume | 8 500 m3 | |
| prestressing steel | 50 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 1 250 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | Swiss Franc 17 000 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck |
reinforced concrete
|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
Participants
Owner
Client
Construction
Stay cables
Construction supervision
Project management
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Die Sunnibergbrücke bei Klosters (CH), in "beton", 2001, n. 4 v. 51
- Sunnibergbrücke, Schweiz / Sunniberg Bridge, Switzerland, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 1999, n. 8 v. 39
- Sunniberg Bridge, Klosters, Switzerland, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11
- Sunniberg Bridge, Klosters, Switzerland, in "Structural Engineering International", February 1997, n. 1 v. 7
- Conceptual Design for the Sunniberg Bridge, in "Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE)", May - June 2003, n. 3 v. 8
- Baukultur im Brückenbau, in "Baukultur", 1998, n. 3
- Functional Shaping of Piers and Pylons, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1998, n. 4 v. 8
- Christiann Menn, Birkhäuser Verlag (Basel, Boston, Berlin), Basel (Switzerland), ISBN 3764357525, 1997; pp. 88-91
- 30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 126-129
- 30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766715011; pp. 126-129
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000072 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |