Little Belt Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Other name(s): | Ny Lillebæltsbro |
| Built: | 1965 - 1970 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Middelfart, South Denmark, Denmark, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 600 m | |
| width | 31.2 m | |
| total length | 1 700 m | |
| span lengths | 9 x 31 m - 240.00 m - 600.00 m - 240.00 m - 11 x 31 m | |
| clearance | 42 m | |
| on-axis distance between the main cables | 28.1 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 3.00 m |
| pylons | girder depth | 4.50 m |
| height from foundation level | 112.2 m |
Quantities
| cables | structural steel | 4 100 t |
| deck | structural steel | 12 200 t |
| overall structure | structural steel | 17 900 t |
| suspenders | structural steel | 200 t |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
prestressed concrete
reinforced concrete |
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
Steel construction
Concrete construction
Cable steel supplier
Expansion joints
Renovation (2002-2003)
Expansion joints
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Pont-route suspendu sur le Lillebaelt (Petit Belt) - Danemark, in "La Technique des Travaux", July 1971, n. 7-8 v. 47
- From Little Belt to Great Belt, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
- 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.
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 185
- Hängebrücke über den Kleinen Belt in Dänemark, in "Stahlbau", April 1968, n. 4 v. 37
- Design for movements in bridges, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 42-45
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0004539 |
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| Created: | 17/08/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |