Metal bridges: Case Studies
Case Studies & Reports
Inspection carriage for the Leverkusen Rhine Bridge
The Leverkusen Rhine Bridge was built in the first half of the 1960s. It is 690 m long and constructed as a cable-stayed bridge with two pylons. W ... more
Webnet stainless steel cables for technically demanding architecture
Where there are bridges, there are people. Bridges are part of our civilization, part of the architecture of traffic routes, part of the beauty of ... more
Scaffolding for the Schlossbachbrücke, Tyrol, during rehabilitation work
The Schlossbach is a tributary of the Inn River in Tyrol. In its upper reaches is the Schlossbachklamm gorge, which is spanned by the imposing and ... more
The white arc over the Rhone river
Since 4 September 2013 it is there: the great white arc over the Rhone river in Lyon. What optically almost floats posed an enormous challenge in t ... more
Tamed, but not tame
The name AlpspiX depicts a spectacular viewing platform about 1,000 m over the Hell Valley, being opposite of Germany’s highest mountain, the Zug ... more
Winged crossing
The construction of a new bridge for cyclists and pedestrians over the River Tisza in Hungary was completed by the end of last year. Tiszavirág Bri ... more
Crusell cable-stayed bridge - BIM changed approach
The recently completed Crusell cable-stayed bridge in Helsinki will go down in history as the first bridge to be built making extensive use of Bu ... more
Digital hydraulics helps to position railway bridge
Local conditions sometimes make it impossible to build a bridge on site. In those cases the bridge must be assembled on an adjacent site and then ... more
Inspection of historical railway viaduct in Rendsburg, Germany
An overdue inspection of the railway viaduct in Rendsburg has been carried out with a WEMO-tec road-rail MBL 1.600T unit. The soffit and the stee ... more
Iconic bridge for Dublin
At the beginning of May 2009 the city of Rotterdam was crowded with spectators who wanted to catch a glimpse of a complete cable-stayed bridge sa ... more