Steel bridges: Case Studies
Case Studies & Reports
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
Bridge with World Record Span and Symbolic Overtones
With a free span of 230 metres, the pedestrian bridge at Weil am Rhein is the longest bridge of its type. Linking the French town of Huningue and t ... more
Cable dampers for the World's Longest Stay Cables
A new standard is presently being set in China; the world's largest cable stayed bridge will receive stay cables of a length of up to 541 m. For th ... more
West Gate Bridge Upgrade
West Gate Bridge crosses the mouth of the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia. Its 2.6km overall length comprises two concrete box girder high leve ... more
The wave has reached Hesse
Wave expansion joints have been installed for the first time in Hesse, on the Kaiserlei Bridge in Offenbach. The innovative "snakes" across the car ... more
Spectacular new bridge over the Ijssel
Thousands of onlookers applauded as the last of a total of 51 bridge elements, the centre section 135 m long and weighing 2500 t, was floated in ... more