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Kettenbrücke

Built: 2003 - 2005
Duration of works: 26 months
Status: in use
Location: Nassau, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Crosses: Lahn River
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Structural Type:
Chain suspension bridge
Self-anchored suspension bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Replaces: Kettenbrücke (1927)

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Checking engineer Gert Albrecht steel
  J. Holl concrete

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung
Client Land Rheinland-Pfalz
  Landesbetrieb Straßen und Verkehr Rheinland-Pfalz
Design Ruffert & Partner
Structural engineering Anwikar Consultants GmbH steel
  Dipl.-Ing. Werner Westhauser, Zivilingenieur für Bauwesen steel
  Ingenieurbüro Hollfeld + Jahn concrete
Geotechnical/geological experts Trischler & Partner GmbH
  Witt-Jehle-Kriechbaum Geotechnik Ingenieure GmbH
Architectural consulting Jux & Partner
Steel construction MCE VOEST GmbH & Co
Concrete construction Heinz Schnorpfeil Bau GmbH

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
deck  steel
piers  reinforced concrete
pylons  steel
abutments  reinforced concrete
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 used in construction
  structural steel 496 t
  reinforcing steel 146 t
abutments   concrete volume (B 25) 1 440 m3
piers   concrete volume 630 m3
Cost
  cost of construction € 5 200 000

Relevant Literature
* Brücken in Deutschland II, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3935064462, 2007; pp. 158-159.
* Albrecht, G.   Instandsetzung der historischen Kettenbrücke Nassau, in "Stahlbau", November 2009, n. 11 v. 78 .
* Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung   Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2006, Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3935064438, 2006; pp. 9-18.

 
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