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General Information

Name in local language: Most Apollo
Other name(s): Kosicka Bridge
Beginning of works: 2003
Completion: 5 September 2005
Status: in use

Project Type

Awards and Distinctions

2006 Award of Merit  

Location

Location: , ,
Crosses:
  • Danube
Coordinates: 48° 8' 14" N    17° 7' 41" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 854 m
main span arch span 231 m
piers deck depth at abutments 19

Quantities

main span structural steel 5 000 t

Materials

deck steel
piers reinforced concrete
arch steel
abutments reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Apollo Bridge (Slovak: Most Apollo, provisionally known as Most Košická during construction, after the street leading to it) in Bratislava is a road bridge over the Danube in the capital of Slovakia. It is located between the Starý most and Prístavný most Bridges, a site which allowed almost perpendicular bridging, resulting in the shortest possible span.

Construction of the bridge began in 2003. The bridge was opened to the public on September 5, 2005. It is named for the "Apollo" (modern successor: Slovnaft) oil refinery which was situated on the left river bank in this area before World War II. Ist curved lines, inclined arches and virtual absence of right angles make the geometric shape of the bridge very sophisticated. In an unprecedented maneuver, the 5,240-ton steel structure, spanning 231 metres, was rotated across the river from ist construction site on the left bank into ist final position on a pillar 40 metres from the right bank. The Apollo Bridge was the only European project named one of five finalists for the 2006 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award (OPAL Award) by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Apollo Bridge" and modified on 10 February 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20011810
  • Published on:
    16/04/2004
  • Last updated on:
    07/01/2023
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