Great Belt West Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Box girder bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge
Road bridge |
| Built: | 1987 - 1997 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Korsør, Zealand, Denmark, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 110.00 m | |
| width | 25 m | |
| total length | 6 611 m | |
| span lengths | 51 x 110 m + 12 x 81 m |
Quantities
| prestressing steel | > 12 000 t |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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Chronology
| 3 March 2005 | A 3 600 ton ship collides with the Storebælt West bridge, killing one crew member on board. A 2.5 by 5 meter section of the superstructure is damaged, but the bridge reopened for traffic after an inspection deems the bridge safe to carry vehicles. |
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Participants
Wind tunnel testing
Contractor
Prestressing
Pot bearings
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Brücken und Tunnel der Überquerung des Großen Belt, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", January 1994, n. 1 v. 89
- Construction of the Great Belt West Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1995, n. 4 v. 5
- Denmark's «Fixed Link», in "Structural Engineering International", May 1991, n. 2 v. 1
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 189
- Storebaelt West Bridge progressing well, in "VSL News", 1993, n. 1 v. 4
- The Great Belt Seasons, COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners S.A. (limited edition), 1997
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002357 |
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| Created: | 15/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 21/05/2013 |