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Folkwang-Brücke

Built:	1998 - 1999
Status:	in use
Address:	Bismarckstraße
Location:	Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Folkwang-Brücke

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Structural Type:

Suspension bridge

Function / usage:

Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Designer	Helge Jo Marker
Checking engineer	Martin Neff

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Design	STEAG encotec GmbH
Structural engineering	Pühl & Becker Ingenieurberatung VBI
Steel construction	Johannes Dörnen Stahlbauwerk GmbH & Co. KG
Cable steel supplier	Pfeifer Seil- und Hebetechnick GmbH

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
cables	steel wire
pylons	steel
Dimensions

	main span	ca. 27 m
	total length	ca. 66 m
pylon	pylon height	18.30 m

Relevant Web Sites
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	Pfeifer Seilbau: Folkwangbrücke über die Bismarckstraße, Essen

Relevant Literature
	Idelberger, Klaus Fußwegbrücken und Radwegbrücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3433029377, 2011; pp. 22-23.
	Idelberger, Klaus The World of Footbridges, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3-433-02943-1, 2011; pp. 22-23.
	Velickov, D. Folkwangbrücke über die Bismarckstraße, in "Stahlbau", June 2000, n. 6 v. 69 .
	Wolf, Thomas leicht und weit, Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen, Oberhausen (Germany) , ISBN 3932236181, 2005.

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