General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Two-hinged arch bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Vienna 2 (Leopoldstadt), Vienna, Austria Vienna 3 (Landstrasse), Vienna, Austria |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces: |
Franzensbrücke (1899)
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| Coordinates: | 48° 12' 48" N 16° 23' 28" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 52.8 m | |
| width | 24.2 m | |
| span lengths | 8.3 m - 52.8 m - 8.3 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| number of tracks | 2 | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 2 | |
| track gauge | 1 435 mm | |
| abutments | number | 2 |
Design Loads
| Refurbishment | ||
|---|---|---|
| design code(s) | ÖN B4008-2 | |
Materials
| arch |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck slab |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
masonry
|
Chronology
| 25 September 1948 | Opening. |
|---|
Participants
Initial construction (1946-1948)
Owner
Refurbishment (2020-2022)
Owner
Traffic engineering
Structural engineering
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2005): Brücken in Wien. Ein Führer durch die Baugeschichte. Springer, Vienna (Austria), pp. 111-112.
- (2022): Refurbishment of Franzensbrücke in Vienna- Retrofitting a historical steel arch bridge with composite plate in between limited timeframe, restrictive urban environment, and challenging structural requirements. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022, pp. 845-852.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20004411 - Published on:
26/07/2002 - Last updated on:
26/10/2024
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