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Peace Bridge

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General Information

Structural Type: Arch bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Other name(s): Friedensbrücke
Built: 1903 - 1905
Status: in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Plauen, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany, Europe
Crosses
  • Syrabach Creek

Technical Information

Dimensions

Initial construction
total width 17.00 m
arch width 16.00 m
arch span 90.00 m
arch thickness 1.50 - 4.00 m
deck roadway / carriageway width 11 m
sidewalk width 2 x 3 m
Rehabilitation
bridge surface 2 460 m2
deck deck width 18.00 m

Quantities

Initial construction
stonework 14 360 m3

Cost

cost of construction Mark 487 000

Materials

deck stone
arch stone

Chronology

26 March 1903

Beginning of construction
21 August 1903 - 8 November 1903

Construction of stone arch
24 August 1905

Inauguration in the presence of King Frederick August III
7 August 1945

The bridge is renamed Friedrich Ebert Bridge.
1973

Renamed Friedensbrücke = Peace Bridge

Participants

Initial construction (1903-1905)

Contractor

Rehabilitation (2001-2004)

Owner
Client
Design
Structural engineering
Checking engineering
Contractor
Co-contractor

Relevant Web Sites

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Relevant Publications

  • Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2004, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3935064284, 2004; pp. 109-124
  • Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen & Bund/Länder-Fachausschuss Brücken- und Ingenieurbau Steinbrücken in Deutschland, Verlag Bau und Technik, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3764003898, 1999; pp. 335-338
  • Standfuß, Friedrich & Naumann, Joachim Brücken in Deutschland II, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3935064462, 2007; pp. 30-31
  • Weller, Bernhard & Tasche, Martin Traffic Structures in Eastern Germany, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.

Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0001703
Created: 10/08/2001
Last Updated: 27/02/2013