Kettenbrücke
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Self-anchored suspension bridge
Chain suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
|
| Built: | 2003 - 2005 |
| Duration of works: | 26 months |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Nassau, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe |
|---|---|
| Crosses |
|
| Replaces |
Kettenbrücke (1927)
|
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 102.90 m | |
| span lengths | 14.00 m - 74.90 m - 14.00 m | |
| bridge surface | 1 154 m2 | |
| deck | roadway / carriageway width | 9.50 m - 14.79 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 496 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 146 t | |
| abutments | concrete volume | 1 440 m3 |
| piers | concrete volume | 630 m3 |
Cost
| cost of construction | Euro 5 200 000 |
Materials
| deck |
steel
|
|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
| pylons |
steel
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Participants
Owner
Client
Design
Structural engineering
- Anwikar Consultants GmbH (steel)
- Dipl.-Ing. Werner Westhauser, Zivilingenieur für Bauwesen (steel)
- Ingenieurbüro Hollfeld + Jahn (concrete)
Geotechnical/geological experts
Architectural consulting
Checking engineering
- Gert Albrecht (checking engineer) (steel)
- J. Holl (checking engineer) (concrete)
Steel construction
Concrete construction
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- Instandsetzung der historischen Kettenbrücke Nassau, in "Stahlbau", November 2009, n. 11 v. 78
- Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2006, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3935064438, 2006; pp. 9-18
- Brücken in Deutschland II, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3935064462, 2007; pp. 158-159
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0025230 |
|---|---|
| Created: | 16/11/2006 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |