General Information
| Name in local language: | Fleher Brücke |
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| Other name(s): | Rheinbrücke Flehe; Autobahnbrücke Düsseldorf-Flehe |
| Beginning of works: | 1976 |
| Completion: | 3 November 1979 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system Two-span single-pylon cable-stayed bridge |
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| Support conditions: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Neuss, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Düsseldorf-Flehe, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Coordinates: | 51° 11' 7" N 6° 46' 31" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 368.00 m | |
| total length | 1 148 m | |
| span lengths | 12 x 60.00 m - 59.25 m - 368.00 m | |
| number of spans | 14 | |
| deck | deck width | 41.70 m |
| pylon | pylon height | 145 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| pylon |
reinforced concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| deck of main bridge |
steel
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| deck of approach viaduct |
prestressed concrete
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Initial construction (1976-1979)
Owner
Client
Original design
Architecture
- Gerd Lohmer (architect)
Structural engineering
- R. Kahmann (structural engineer) (main bridge)
- Koger (structural engineer) (main bridge)
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Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG
(pylon)
- Herbert Schambeck (structural engineer)
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Leonhardt und Andrä
(approach viaducts)
- Fritz Leonhardt (structural engineer)
- Holger S. Svensson (structural engineer)
Checking engineering
Contractor
- Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG (pylon)
- F. Krupp GmbH (main bridge)
- Kögel GmbH (approach viaducts)
Expansion joint replacement (2012-2013)
Client
Expansion joints
Concrete repairs (2017)
Client
Scaffolding
Concrete repair
Cable inspection (2015)
Client
Inspection services
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- 1 400 t Spannstahl für Vorlandbrücke Düsseldorf-Flehe. In: Beton-Informationen, n. 4 ( 1978), pp. 433.
- Architekten und Ingenieure gestalten ihre Stadt. 100 Jahre Architekten- und Ingenieurverein (AIV). Richter-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), 1993, pp. 110-115.
- (2006): Brücken in Deutschland für Straßen und Wege. Der Fotobildband deutscher Brückenbaukunst. Deutscher Bundesverlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 978-3-935064-41-5, pp. 104-105.
- (1977): Brückenpylon aus Stahlbeton. In: Beton-Informationen, n. 2 ( 1977), pp. 20.
- (1980): Cable-Stayed Bridges. In: IABSE Surveys, v. 4 (February 1980), pp. 21-48.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000319 - Published on:
07/08/1999 - Last updated on:
10/05/2022
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