General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
|---|---|
| Structure: |
Rigid frame bridge with inclined legs |
| Material: |
Steel-prestressed concrete composite bridge |
| Construction method: |
deck: Longitudinal launching |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Lochkov, Prague, Czechia |
|---|---|
| Address: | R1 Prague Road Ring (SOKP-514) |
| Location description: |
Crosses Lochkov Valley |
| Coordinates: | 50° 0' 3" N 14° 20' 40" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 99.30 m | |
| total length | 423.50 m | |
| span lengths | 70.00 m - 79.85 m - 99.30 m - 93.85 m - 80.50 m | |
| number of spans | 5 | |
| horizontal radius of curvature | 747.50 m | |
| height above valley floor or water | 65.0 m | |
| girder depth | 4.95 m | |
| deck | deck width | 35.200 m |
| number of lanes | 2 + 2 |
Quantities
| structural steel | 4 700 t |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| deck slab |
prestressed concrete
|
| girders |
steel
|
Chronology
| 26 November 2008 | Bridge supestructure launch works are started in the afternoon, the first assembled bridge section is launched to the first (temporary) pier. |
|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Lochkov Bridge is opened to traffic. |
Notes
Composite trapeziodal single box steel girder with multi-plate upper flanges and sloping tubular shorings composite with prestressed conrete deck slab.
Participants
Owner
Structural engineering
Co-contractor
Steel construction
Concrete construction
On-site assembly
Subcontractor
(role unknown)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2013): Bridge across the Lochkov Valley, Prague Ring Road - a strutted frame construction of a special kind. In: Steel Construction, v. 6, n. 2 (June 2013), pp. 163-170.
- Inclined piers of Prague's orbital motorway bridge make rapid progress. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 15, n. 56 (3rd Quarter 2009), pp. 14.
- (2013): Talbrücke Lochkov. Tschechiens zweithöchste Brücke. In: Stahlbau, v. 82, n. 10 (October 2013), pp. 715-719.
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20040152 - Published on:
27/10/2008 - Last updated on:
29/04/2021
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