General Information
| Name in local language: | Lahntalbrücke Limburg |
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| Beginning of works: | 8 June 2013 |
| Completion: | September 2017 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
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| Construction method: |
Balanced cantilever method |
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge Box girder bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Structure: |
Multi-span continuous girder bridge |
| Material: |
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Awards and Distinctions
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Location
| Location: |
Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany |
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| Carries: |
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| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces: |
Limburg Viaduct (1965)
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| Coordinates: | 50° 23' 19.48" N 8° 4' 48.74" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 90.00 m | |
| total length | 450.00 m | |
| span lengths | 45.00 m - 60.00 m - 75.00 m - 90.00 m - 75.00 m - 60.00 m - 45.00 m | |
| number of spans | 7 | |
| bridge surface | 19 755 m² | |
| height above valley floor or water | 62 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 4 | |
| total width | 43.90 m | |
| deck | deck width | 2 x 21.75 m |
| roadway / carriageway width | 2 x 18.25 m | |
| piers | diameter | 2.00 - 2.80 m |
| piles | diameter | 1.500 m |
| diameter | 1.50 m | |
| length | max. 20 m | |
| superstructure | on-center distance between girders | 5.50 m |
| girder depth | 2.50 - 5.50 m | |
| longitudinal slope | 2.0331 % |
Quantities
| concrete volume | 39 797 m³ | |
| prestressing steel | 785 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 6 781 t | |
| piles | concrete volume | 10 484 m³ |
| reinforcing steel | 618 t | |
| total length of piles | 1 950 m |
Design Loads
| design code(s) | DIN EN 1991-2/NA |
Cost
| cost of construction | ca. Euro 40 600 000 | |
| construction cost (without tax) | Euro 40 600 000 |
Materials
| superstructure |
prestressed concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
(C 50/60)
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| piles |
reinforced concrete
(C 30/37)
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
(C 30/37)
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| pile caps |
reinforced concrete
(C 35/45)
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Case Studies and Applied Products
New Lahntal Bridge with super-slim piers
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New Lahntal Viaduct in Limburg, Germany
Currently the construction of one of the busiest motorway viaducts in Germany is in full swing. The Lahntal Bridge located in Limburg dates back to the early nineteen-sixties and is 400 m long. Every day about 100,000 vehicles cross the ... [more]
Participants
Owner
Client
- Amt für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (ASV) Marburg
- Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs u. -bau GmbH
- Land Hessen
Design
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Konstruktionsgruppe Bauen AG, Kempten
- Norbert Nieder (designer)
- Klement Anwander (designer)
Structural engineering
Soil investigation report
Architectural consulting
Checking engineering
- Manfred Curbach (checking engineer)
- Jens U. Neuser (checking engineer)
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Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner
- Volkhard Angelmaier (checking engineer)
Contractor
Formwork & shoring
Construction management
Site supervision
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2018. Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur, Berlin (Germany), 2018, pp. 23-39.
- (2017): Chronik des Brückenbaus. In: (2017): 27. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium., ISBN 978-3-86780-510-0, pp. 187-202.
- (2016): Der Ersatzneubau der Lahntalbrücke Limburg. Presented at: 26. Dresdener Brückenbausysmposium, 14./15. März 2016, Dresden (Germany), pp. 67-84.
- (2016): Die neue Lahntalbrücke Limburg im Zuge der BAB 3 - Wettbewerb und Entwurf. In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, v. 111, n. 11 (November 2016), pp. 759-775.
- (2017): Spektakulärer Freivorbau in luftiger Höhe – Die Lahntalbrücke Limburg. In: (2017): Ingenieurbaukunst 2018. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 9783433032046, pp. 136-143.
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