General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Tied-arch bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Structure: |
Truss arch bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 50° 56' 28.82" N 6° 57' 56.41" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 167.75 m | |
| total length | 409.19 m | |
| span lengths | 118.88 m - 167.75 m - 122.56 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| number of tracks | 1948: 2 1959: 4 1987: 6 |
|
| deck | total width | 1987: 26.2 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | German Mark 14 000 000 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| arches |
steel
|
Chronology
| 1946 — 1948 | Initial reconstruction of the bridge with only two tracks and a pedestrian sidewalk. |
|---|---|
| 1956 — 1959 | Addition of a set of arches carrying two more tracks. |
| 1986 — 1987 | Addition of another set of arches carrying two more tracks for local commuter trains. The piers are also widenend such that the new section is prestressed to the existing piers. |
Participants
Initial construction (1946-1948)
Owner
Steel construction
Concrete construction
Enlargement (1986-1987)
Design
Checking engineering
-
Ruhrberg Ingenieurgemeinschaft
(substructure)
- Reinhard Ruhrberg (checking engineer)
- Hans Schumann (checking engineer)
Co-contractor
Steel construction
Concrete construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1998): Gedanken über das Bauen. In: Baukultur, n. 3 ( 1998), pp. 48-51.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 81.
- (1999): Köln - Ein Architekturführer. Architectural Guide to Cologne. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin (Germany), pp. 5.
- (1997): Köln: Die Hohenzollernbrücke. Und die deutsche Brückenarchitektur der Kaiserzeit. Bachern, Cologne (Germany), pp. 329.
- (1996): Über Brücken. Köln und der Rhein. conMedia Verlag, Cologne (Germany), pp. 189.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000180 - Published on:
29/04/1999 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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