General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Structure: |
Continuous truss bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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Location
| Location: |
Podgorica, Montenegro |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 42° 33' 11.17" N 19° 23' 14.63" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 150.80 m | |
| total length | 498.80 m | |
| span lengths | 81.20 m - 92.80 m - 150.80 m - 92.80 m - 81.20 m | |
| number of spans | 5 | |
| height above valley floor or water | 198 m | |
| number of tracks | 1 | |
| abutments | number | 2 |
| piers | maximum height | 137.5 m |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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|---|---|
| truss |
steel
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Mala Rijeka Viaduct is a viaduct on the Belgrade–Bar railway, located some 20 km north of Podgorica, Montenegro.
Overview
The project was started in 1969 and was completed in 1973. The viaduct is 498.8 metres (1,636 ft) long and at its highest is 200 metres (660 ft) above the Mala Rijeka (pronounced [mâːlaː rijɛ̌ka], meaning literally Little river). It is also the longest bridge on the Belgrade–Bar railway.
When constructed it was the highest railway bridge in the world, surpassing the record height previously held by the Fades viaduct in France. It held the record until 2001 when the Beipan River Shuibai Railway Bridge, a concrete arch bridge, was completed in Guizhou, China. Multiple railway bridges under construction in China will also be higher.
Construction
36,000 m³ of concrete and 100,000 tonnes of steel were built into the bridge. The largest of four pillars, upon which the bridge lies, has a base bigger than a tennis court.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Mala Rijeka Viaduct" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Milorad Markovic (design engineer)
- Milorad Lukovic (design engineer)
- Milivoje Kovacevic (design engineer)
- Ljubomir Jevtovic (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 424.
- (1984): Naissance d'un géant. Histoire illustrée de la construction du Viaduc des Fades. La Vie du Rail, Paris (France), pp. 100.
- (1977): Some foundation stability problems of the railway bridge over the Mala Rijeka. In: Rock Mechanics, v. 9, n. 1 ( 1977), pp. 55-64.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20006003 - Published on:
05/10/2002 - Last updated on:
30/08/2016
