General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-cell box girder bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
|
| Next to: |
Deutzer Brücke (1980)
|
| Replaces: |
Deutzer Hängebrücke (1915)
|
| Coordinates: | 50° 56' 11.32" N 6° 57' 57.89" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 437.31 m | |
| span lengths | 132.134 m - 184.450 m - 120.728 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| deck | deck width | 20.60 m |
| deck depth of main span | 3.20 - 7.80 m | |
| deck depth at abutments | 3.00 m / 3.17 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 5 760 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | Reichsmark 5 750 000 | |
| cost of construction | ca. German Mark 2 400 000 |
Materials
| girder |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck slab |
reinforced concrete
|
Chronology
| 1976 — 1980 | Renovation of the existing bridge and construction new one in prestressed concrete to widen the roadway. |
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Participants
Owner
Architecture
- Gerd Lohmer (architect)
Engineering
- Fritz Leonhardt (engineer)
- Louis Wintergerst (engineer)
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1985): 100 Jahre feste Rheinbrücken in Nordrhein-Westfalen 1855-1955. Germany (Germany), pp. 83-96.
- (1956): Brücken. Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany), pp. 106-107.
- (1994): Brücken / Bridges. Ästhetik und Gestaltung / Aesthetics and Design. 4th edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 155.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 80.
- (1949): Die neue Straßenbrücke über den Rhein bei Köln-Deutz. In: Bauingenieur, v. 24, n. 1 (January 1949), pp. 17-20.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000176 - Published on:
28/04/1999 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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