Bridges and Viaducts
A bridge or a viaduct is a structure built to span a physical obstacle such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over that very obstacle.
Most Important Structures in this Category
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| # | Name | Country | main span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1915 Çanakkale Bridge | Turkey | 2023 m |
| 2 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | Japan | 1990.8000 m |
| 3 | Nanjing Xianxin Road Yangtze River Bridge | China | 1760 m |
| 4 | Yangsigang Bridge | China | 1700 m |
| 5 | Nansha Bridge (East) | China | 1688 m |
| 6 | Xihoumen Bridge | China | 1650 m |
| 7 | Great Belt East Bridge | Denmark | 1624 m |
| 8 | Osman Gazi Bridge | Turkey | 1550 m |
| 9 | Yi Sun-Sin Bridge | South Korea | 1545 m |
| 10 | Runyang Yangtze River South Bridge | China | 1490 m |
Note: there are too many entries in this category and all its subcategories combined. To obtain a list of structures please go through one of the subcategories.
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- 3D-Printed Bridges
- Balanced cantilever method
- Balanced lift method
- Cantilever construction using temporary cable-stays
- Cantilever construction using temporary stays in vertical position, then rotation into horizontal
- Composite prefabricated girders with in-situ deck slab
- Floating
- In-situ casting on falsework
- Incremental launching
- Lateral / transverse launching
- Longitudinal launching
- Movable Scaffolding Systems
- Placement by crane
- Placement by floating crane
- Precast concrete elements with in-situ joints
- Precast girders with cast-in-situ slab
- Precast segmental construction
- Rotation around a horizontal axis
- Rotation around a vertical axis
- Suspension bridge deck erection methods
- Suspension cable erection methods
Case Studies & Reports
Special Bearings and Noise Reduction for Leverkusen
Special restraints for the bearings and noise reduction on the expansion joints – MAURER supplied high-quality special elements for the first new section of the bridge over the Rhine in Leverkusen.
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Spherical Segment Bearings in lieu of Roller Bearings
As part of the rehabilitation of the A 81 federal motorway at the Kocher Viaduct, MAURER replaces the old roller bearings made of stainless steel with modern spherical segment bearings. The patented bearing type was developed precisely f ... [more]
Detachable Anchorages for Expansion Joints
The first section of the new Duisburg-Neuenkamp Rhine Bridge is already open to traffic, but it will not stay where it currently is. A spectacular transverse launching is planned for 2026, which will also include the expansion joints. MA ... [more]
Literature
- (2018): 100 Jahre Dauerhaftigkeit für Brücken- und Tunnelbauwerke. Presented at: 28. Dresdener Brückenbausysmposium, Dresden (Deutschland), 12.-13. März 2018, pp. 157-168.
- (2017): 27. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium. Planung, Bauausführung, Instandsetzung und Ertüchtigung von Brücken (13./14. März 2017). ISBN 978-3-86780-510-0, pp. 208.
- (2018): 28. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium. Planung, Bauausführung, Instandsetzung und Ertüchtigung von Brücken (12./13. März 2018). Institut für Massivbau, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (Germany), ISBN 978-3-86780-544-5, pp. 231.
- (1933): Advances in Bridge Construction. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 3, n. 8 (August 1933), pp. 428-32.
- (1968): Aesthetics of Bridge Design. In: PCI Journal, v. 13, n. 1 (February 1968), pp. 14-31.
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