Albrechtsgraben Viaduct
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Other name(s): | Talbrücke Albrechtsgraben |
| Built: | 1999 - 2002 |
| Duration of works: | 33 months |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Suhl, Thuringia, Germany, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 770 m | |
| span lengths | 45 m + 55 m + 60 m + 3 x 70 m + 170 m + 70 m + 60 m + 55 m + 44 m | |
| height above valley floor or water | max 74 m | |
| arch | rise | 70.0 m |
| arch span | 156.5 m | |
| deck | deck width | 28.5 m |
| deck slab thickness | 0.35 - 0.44 m | |
| piers | height | 16.8 - 64.7 m |
Quantities
| deck | structural steel | 5 100 t |
| concrete volume | 8 500 m3 | |
| reinforcing steel | 1 500 t | |
| substructure | concrete volume | 14 500 m3 |
| reinforcing steel | 1 540 t |
Cost
| cost of construction (incl. taxes) | German Mark 54 300 000 |
Materials
| deck |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
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| arch |
reinforced concrete
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Products, Services & Reports
TENSA®MODULAR Type LR
Modular Expansion Joints can be constructed for any movements, from about 100 mm up to 2,000 mm and more. They allow movements in all 3 directions ...
Participants
Owner
Client
Original design
Structural engineering
- IWS Beratende Bauingenieure (superstructure)
- Kinkel + Partner
Checking engineering
- HRA Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Bochum (superstructure)
- Gerhard Hanswille (checking engineer) (superstructure)
- Manfred Curbach (checking engineer) (substructure)
Construction
Expansion joints
Construction supervision
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Brückenbauwerke in den neuen Bundesländern, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 343301700X, 2004; pp. 190-196
- Brücken der Thüringer Waldautobahn, in "[ Umrisse ]", 2001, n. 3 v. 1
- Brücken in Deutschland für Straßen und Wege, Deutscher Bundesverlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3935064411, 2006; pp. 158-159
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000961 |
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| Created: | 17/09/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
