General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-cell box girder bridge |
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| Construction method: |
Balanced cantilever method |
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Secondary structure(s): |
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Location
| Location: |
Berne, Berne, Switzerland |
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| Crosses: |
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| Carries: |
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| Part of: | |
| Carries: |
A 1 Motorway (Switzerland)
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| Coordinates: | 46° 58' 9" N 7° 26' 52" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 116 m | |
| longest span | 144 m | |
| span lengths | 38 m - 5 x 48 m - 94 m - 12 m - 144 m - 12 m - 144 m - 12 m - 94 m - 6 x 48 m - 38 m | |
| number of spans | 20 | |
| deck | deck depth | 3.00 - 8.00 m |
| deck width | 26.20 m | |
| piers | width | 7.46 m |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
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Case Studies and Applied Products
TENSA®FINGER RSFD – Cantilever finger joints
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[more]Participants
Initial construction
Design
- Emch+Berger AG
- Rigendinger / Maag
- Christian Menn (designer)
Widening (2003-2007)
Expansion joints
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1994): Brücken / Bridges. Ästhetik und Gestaltung / Aesthetics and Design. 4th edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 183.
- (1997): Christian Menn. Brückenbauer. Birkhäuser Verlag (Basel, Boston, Berlin), Basel (Switzerland), pp. 66-71.
- (2015): Christian Menn - Brücken / Bridges. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich (Switzerland), pp. 178-191.
- (1976): Felsenau-Brücke in Bern. In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, v. 71, n. 4 (April 1976), pp. 81-84.
- (2006): Progressive planning. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 12, n. 43 (2nd Quarter 2006), pp. 68-69.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000023 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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