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Structure-ID: s0000183
Created on: 04/29/99
Modified on: 06/22/05


Köln-Mülheimer Brücke

Built: 1949 - 1951
Status: in use
Location: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Crosses: Rhine River
Köln-Mülheimer Brücke (Cologne, 1951)
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
gravity-anchored
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Replaces: Köln-Mülheimer Brücke (1929)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Engineer Fritz Leonhardt

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Stadt Köln
Contractor Demag AG
  Felten & Guilleaume
  Gollnow & Sohn
  Gutehoffnungshütte, Actienverein für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb
  Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG
  Krupp Maschinen- und Stahlbau
  Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg
  Schwarze Söhne
  Stahlbau Albert Liesegang

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
deck  steel
pylons  steel
Dimensions
  main span 315 m
  span lengths 4 x 23.4 m - 2 x 52.1 m - 85 m - 315 m - 85 m
deck   deck width 27.20 m

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External LinkarchINFORM: Köln-Mühlheimer Rheinbrücke English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkCologne German
External LinkMülheimia / Köln-Mülheim German
External LinkSchnurstracks: Die Köln-Mülheimer Rheinbrücke im Panorama German
External LinkWikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BClheimer_Br%C3%BCcke German

Relevant Literature
* Leonhardt, Fritz   Baumeister in einer umwälzenden Zeit, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 342102815X, 1984; pp. 116-118.
* Pfennig, Jörg   Über Brücken, conMedia Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3929972069, 1996; pp. 190.
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 83.

 
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