Øresund Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Built: | 1996 - 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden, Europe Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 490 m | |
| total length | 7 845 m | |
| suspended length | 1092 m | |
| clearance | 57 m | |
| deck | width | 23.5 m |
| pylon | pylon height | 203.5 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 82 000 t | |
| concrete volume | 320 000 m3 | |
| reinforcing steel | 60 000 t | |
| steel for cable-stays | 2 300 t |
Materials
| superstructure |
steel
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| substructure |
reinforced concrete
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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Products, Services & Reports
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Chronology
| 14 August 1999 | The last span is lifted into place, Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Victoria of Sweden exchange kisses on the bridge. |
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| 1 July 2000 | Opened for traffic across the link. |
Participants
Owner
Design
- Georg Rotne (architect)
- Niels J. Gimsing (engineer)
- Kaj Madsen (engineer)
- Klaus Falbe-Hansen (engineer)
- Jørgen Nissen (engineer)
- Jørgen Gimsing (engineer)
Aerodynamic studies
Consulting engineers
Co-contractor
- COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS
- HOCHTIEF AG
- Højgaard & Schultz a/s
- Monberg & Thorsen
- Skanska AB
- VBB Anlägning
Subcontractor
Stay cables
Prestressing
Stay cable steel supplier
Bearings
Formwork
Relevant Web Sites
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Bernd Nebel: Brücken: Brücken in Europa: Die Øresundbrücke
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Bridge Pros: Oresund Bridge
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Broer.no: Øresund Bridge
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highways.dk: Øresundsbroen
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HOCHTIEF: Øresund Bridge
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IABSE: IABSE Outstanding structure award: Øresund fixed link
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PERI: Øresund Link between Denmark and Sweden - The bridges
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PERI: Øresund-Verbindung, Dänemark-Schweden - Die Brücken
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Simon Bruckner: Porträt der Öresundbrücke
Relevant Publications
- Link to the future, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2000, n. 19 v. 6
- Sound investment, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", August 1996, n. 4 v. 2
- L'Øresund: un tunnel et un pont pour relier le Danemark à la Suède, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", 1999, n. 1
- Oresund. The fixed link, Route One Publishing Ltd, London (United Kingdom), 2000
- Le pont d'Oresund, in "Freyssinet Magazine", March 1999, n. 204
- Pairing off, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 1999, n. 14 v. 5
- Øresund Verbindung zwischen Dänemark und Schweden, in "Architektur + Wettbewerbe | Architecture + Competitions", December 1996, n. 168
- GPS-System beim Bau der Øresund-Brücke zwischen Dänemark und Schweden, in "Stahlbau", August 1998, n. 8 v. 67
- Oresund Link, in "VSL News", 1998, n. 2 v. 9
- Le projet de l'Øresund entre la Suède et le Danemark, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", 1999, n. 1
- Die feste Öresundverbindung, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", February 1999, n. 2 v. 94
- Composite structures in the Øresund Bridge, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Die Øresund Brücke, in "Beratende Ingenieure", November - December 2000, n. 11-12
- Planning and monitoring the foundations for the Øresund Bridge, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999.
- The Øresund Bridge: Project development from competition to construction, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- The Øresund Bridge completion, in "The Arup Journal", 2000, n. 3 v. 35
- Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France), 2004; pp. 45
- The Øresund stay cables: design for fatigue resistance and easy maintenance, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- The Øresund Bridge: The tender project, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Comfort criteria for high speed trains on the Øresund Bridge, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Design of the Øresund Bridge, in "Bulletin annuel de l'AFGC", 1999, n. 1
- From Bridges across Great Belt and Oresund towards a Femern Belt Bridge, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
- The Pylons on the Øresund Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1998, n. 4 v. 8
- Detailed design of the cable stayed bridge for the Øresund link, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Detailed Design of the Øresund Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 1999, n. 1 v. 9
- oeresund Fixed Link, Denmark and Sweden, in "Structural Engineering International", November 2002, n. 4 v. 12
- Elasto-plastic foundation analysis of ship collision to the Øresund High Bridge, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium ? New Delhi, India 1999.
- Arup: l'approccio alla progettazione dei ponti / Arup: Bridge Design, in "Rassegna - Edizione Bilingue", 2003, n. 79
- Construction of the Øresund Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 1999, n. 1 v. 9
- Der Bau der Öresundbrücke - Ein 8700 t Schwimmkran im Einsatz, in "Bauingenieur", May 2000, n. 5 v. 75
- Die Öresundbrücke - Verbindung zwischen Schweden und Dänemark, in "Stahlbau", May 2000, n. 5 v. 69
- Le pont d'Oresund, presented at First fib Congress, 13-19.10.2002, Osaka, Japan.
- The Øresund Bridge, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- Build a link - Goals, principles, strategies and results, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Des travaux d’Hercule entre Suède et Danemark, in "Construction moderne", 2000
- Lifting and lowering two 20,000 t caissons for the Øresund Bridge, in "VSL News", 1997, n. 2 v. 8
- Conceptual and Tender Designs for the Øresund Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", February 1999, n. 1 v. 9
- Getting the balance right. The Øresund Bridge - Design concept, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Design coordination of a design-build project, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Design of Major Fixed Links, presented at IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010.
- Design of the road / railway bridge across Øresund, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
- Die Öresund-Brücke: Ein innerstädtisches Bauwerk? (1st edition), Berlin Verlag (Arno Spitz GmbH), Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3830500637, 2000
- From Eurocodes, special investigations and risks analysis to design requirements from the Øresund coast to coast structures, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Geotechnical design considerations for Storebælt East Bridge and Øresund Bridge, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999.
- The Øresund bridge: Erection of the cable-stayed main span, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 428-437
- The lifting, transport and placing of the Øresund pylon caissons, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000333 |
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| Created: | 15/08/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
