General Information
| Name in local language: | Carolabrücke |
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| Beginning of works: | 1967 |
| Completion: | 4 July 1971 |
| Status: | partially collapsed |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge Box girder bridge |
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| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge Tramway, light or metro rail bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge Structurae Plus/Pro - Subscribe Now! |
| Construction method: |
Span-by-span in-situ casting on falsework |
Location
| Location: |
Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
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| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces: |
Carola Bridge (1895)
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| Coordinates: | 51° 3' 16.50" N 13° 44' 49.52" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 120 m | |
| total length | 375 m | |
| span lengths | 44.00 m - 56.00 m - 120.00 m - 95.00 m - 48.00 m | |
| number of spans | 5 | |
| length of drop-in span | 84.00 m | |
| number of tracks | 2 | |
| vertical navigation clearance | 6.61 m |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 11 September 2024, 02:58 | The main span of the westernmost superstructure (part C) carrying the two tramway tracks collapses into the Elbe river. No injuries or fatailties are reported. At the northern pier of the main span, the superstructure is severed directly at the support, on the southern end at a construction joint around the quarter span point. The adjoining spans towards the north begin the deform excessively after the primary collapse. |
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Notes
The Carola Bridge consists of three superstructures, which are officially referred to as superstructures A to C. Superstructure A consists of the eastern superstructure (upstream) and carries the northbound carriageway. Superstructure B is the middle one supporting the roadway to the south (city center), while superstructure C, the western box girder (downstream) carries the two streetcar tracks as well as a footpath and cycle path, or did until the collapse on September 11, 2024. The three superstructures are structurally mostly separate, only at some locations are they connected via diaphragms with Gerber saddles, but they do not form a monolithically connected single superstructure.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Architekturführer Dresden. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, pp. 23.
- (2008): Brücken der Stadterweiterung. Albertbrücke – Carolabrücke – Flügelwegbrücke. In: (2008): Dresdner Elbbrücken in acht Jahrhunderten. Dresdner Geschichtsverein e.V., Dresden (Germany), ISBN 978-3-910055-90-2, pp. 51-60.
- (1994): Langzeituntersuchungen an der Carolabrücke Dresden. In: Bautechnik, v. 71, n. 1 (January 1994), pp. 15-22.
- (2021): Nichtmetallische Bewehrung im Großbrückenbau – Kappenverbreiterung Carolabrücke Dresden. Presented at: 30. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium, 8./9. März 2021, Dresden (Germany), pp. 63-78.
- (2005): Straßenbrücken über die Elbe. Eine Darstellung der historischen Entwicklung der Elbbrücken in Deutschland. 1st edition, Saxoprint GmbH, Dresden (Germany), pp. 27-30.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20016208 - Published on:
27/04/2005 - Last updated on:
17/09/2024
