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Wild Gera Viaduct

General Information

Structural Type: Arch bridge
Function / usage: Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Construction method: deck:
Incremental launching
piers:
Climbing formwork
arch:
Cantilever construction using temporary cable-stays
Other name(s): Talbrücke Wilde Gera
Official designation: BW 5315/05
Built: 1998 - 2000
Status: in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Ilmenau, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, Europe
Crosses
  • Wilde Gera River
Part of:

Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 552 m
bridge surface 14 628 m2
arch arch span 252 m
deck deck depth 3.74 m
span lengths 30 m - 36 m - 10 x 42 m - 36 m - 30 m
deck width 26.50 m
height above valley floor or water 110 m
foundations diameter of bored piles 1.20 m
average length per pile 13.00 m

Quantities

structural steel 4 500 t
reinforcing steel 1 400 t
reinforcing steel 850 t
temporary stays 170 t
deck structural steel 2 500 t
concrete volume 5 000 m3
reinforcing steel 850 t
substructure concrete volume 12 500 m3
reinforcing steel 1 400 t
temporary works prestressing steel 170 t

Cost

cost of construction German Mark 45 800 000 (3 100 DM/m2)

Materials

deck composite steel-reinforced concrete
piers reinforced concrete
foundations reinforced concrete
arch reinforced concrete

Chronology

November 1997

Construction begins.

August 2001

End of construction.

2006

Deutscher Brückenbaupreis in the category of road and rail bridges.

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Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0000331
Created: 13/08/1999
Last Updated: 05/03/2013