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Wettersbach Viaduct

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General Information

Structural Type: Double-cell box grider bridge
Function / usage: Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Construction method: Lateral / transverse launching
Other name(s): Talbrücke Wettersbach
Built: 1990 - 1993
Duration of works: 3 years
Status: in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Grünwettersbach, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Carries
  • Autobahn A8
Part of:
Replaces Talbrücke Wettersbach (1938)

Technical Information

Dimensions

deck deck width 40.5 m
bridge surface 7 918 m2
Northern bridge total length 195 m
span lengths 35.0 m - 39.0 m - 55.0 m - 36.0 m - 30.0 m
Southern bridge total length 196 m
span lengths 48.0 m - 2x 57.0 m - 34.0 m

Quantities

deck concrete volume 2 x 2 900 m3
prestressing steel 2 x 160 t
reinforcing steel 2 x 420 t
substructure concrete volume 1 500 m3 + 1 800 m3
reinforcing steel 165 t + 225 t

Design Loads

live load Brückenklasse 60/30 (DIN 1072)

Cost

cost of construction ca. German Mark 39 000 000
cost of construction per m2 German Mark 4 925

Materials

deck prestressed concrete
piers reinforced concrete
abutments reinforced concrete

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Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0001136
Created: 25/11/2000
Last Updated: 27/02/2013