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Structure-ID: s0005136
Created on: 18/09/02
Modified on: 14/08/09


Weil am Rhein Footbridge

Completed in: 2007
Status: in use
Location: Between Weil am Rhein, Lörrach (Landkreis), Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Huningue, Haut-Rhin (68), Alsace, France
Crosses: Rhine River
Weil am Rhein Footbridge
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
Function / usage:
Bicycle and pedestrian bridge

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Dietmar Feichtinger

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Structural engineering Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner
Contractor Max Bögl
Launching Sarens S.A.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arch  steel
Dimensions
  width 5 m
  total length 250 m
arch   arch span 229.4 m

Chronology
2001
Design competition.
2009
Outstanding Structure Award 2009 (IABSE)

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External LinkConstructalia: La naissance d'une passerelle entre la France et l'Allemagne French
External LinkFeichtinger Architectes: Foot and bikebridge over the Rhein English
External LinkFeichtinger Architectes: Passerelle pour pietons et velos sur le Rhin French
External LinkFeichtinger: Passerelle über den Rhein German
External LinkIABSE: Awards: Tri-Countries Bridge, Weil am Rhein, Germany, and Huningue, France English
External LinkLAP: Neue Rheinbrücke - Bauwerk von historischer Dimension (11.12.2001) German

Relevant Literature
* 600 piétons testent la passerelle du Rhin, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 19 January 2007, n. 5382 .
* Neue Rheinquerung zwischen Frankreich und Deutschland in Stahl errichtet, in "Bautechnik", August 2007, n. 8 v. 84 .
* La passerelle ouvre un réseau vélo, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 9 February 2007, n. 5385 .
* Record mondial pour passerelle européenne, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 17 November 2006, n. 5373 .
* Record mondial pour une passerelle, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 22 June 2007, n. 5404 .
* Häberle, Uwe   A Pedestrian Arch Bridge with a Span of 230 m, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.
* Strobl, Wolfgang   Binationaler Bogenschlag, in "[ Umrisse ]", 2004, n. 1 v. 4 .

 
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