St.-Lorenz-Brücke in Lübeck - Flacher Bogen mit besonderem Montageablauf

St.-Lorenz-bridge in Lübeck, Germany - Low arch with a special erection process

Due to the electrification and the two-track extension of the railway line Hamburg - Lübeck-Travemünde the St.-Lorenz-bridge was replaced by a new multi-span-bridge. Significant component is a very low bowstring bridge, which spans over the railway line near main station Lübeck. In the following article design and execution of the bridge structures are described as well as special features of structural design and erection of the bowstring bridge (comp. [1]).