Antwerp - Oosterweelverbinding The "Lange Wapper" Bridge
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Jean-Marie Cremer
Vincent De Ville Jean-Yves Del Forno |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Venice 2010 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 678-679 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2010 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137810796063283 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The viaduct “Lange Wapper” located in Antwerp (Belgium) is a cable stayed bridge which spans a very dense harbour site. This curved cable stayed bridge comprises a main span of 603 m and two balancing spans of 300 m. The curved alignment of the work, with a mean radius of 1000 m, is such that the two 150 m high concrete pylons consist each of a single mast each, implanted inside the curve. These pylons are also inclined by 9° on the vertical to minimize the vertical axis bending moments in the deck. The steel deck with orthotropic and composite slabs, is a box-girder, with two levels including each 4 traffic lanes. The web of the box consists of a double V-mesh. This work probably represents the largest curved cable-stayed span studied in the world today and its realisation is suspended to politics decision. |
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| Keywords: |
viaduct cable-stayed bridge outstanding structure Curved Bridge double deck viaduct
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