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General Information

Other name(s): Askeröfjord Bridge
Completion: 1982
Duration of works: 17 months
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , ,
Replaces: Almö Bridge (1960)
Coordinates: 58° 3' 34.04" N    11° 46' 50.95" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 386 m
total length 667 m
deck deck depth 3.00 m
deck width 15 m
pylon pylon height 106.00 m

Materials

deck of main span steel
pylons reinforced concrete
deck of approach viaducts concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Tjörn Bridge (Swedish: Tjörnbron) is a cable-stayed bridge which together with two smaller bridges connects Stenungsund on mainland Sweden with the island Tjörn on the western coast of the country. The length is 664 m (2,178 ft), the span width is 366 m (1,201 ft), and the height above the water is 45.7 m (150 ft).

Inaugurated in 1981, the bridge was built in record time after its predecessor, the Almö Bridge, which was inaugurated in June 1960, collapsed after the bulk carrier MS  Star Clipper collided with its span at 1:30 AM on 18 January 1980 in fog and darkness. Eight people died in seven vehicles that plunged into the sea before the bridge was closed.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Tjörn Bridge" and modified on April 20, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

Initial construction
Owner
Cable-stay replacement (2014)
Owner
Structural engineering
Stay cables
Inspection services
Pylon inspection (1999)
Owner
Inspection services

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20004879
  • Published on:
    08/09/2002
  • Last updated on:
    06/11/2016
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