Abbruch des rechtsrheinischen Pfeilers der Rheinbrücke Wesel

Demolition of the pillar at the right bank of the bridge over the river Rhine by Wesel

After a new modern cable-stayed bridge across the Rhine was opened to traffic in 2009, the old bridge and its pillars has to be dismantled in the river Rhine. For the dismantling of the pillar a sheet piling pit was erected under the difficult conditions in the water sector. To protect it additionally a very large staging was built to protect the pit from damages with the large Rhine vessels travelling on the river Rhine. Under cover of the pit of the ancient massive pillars were dismantled conventionally. After dismantling the pillar deep below the riverbed, the staging and the pit were dismantled again. The work in the water sector and their special tasks are described.