General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Box girder bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Construction method: |
Balanced cantilever method |
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Awards and Distinctions
Location
| Location: |
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Lampertheim, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Next to: |
Nibelungenbrücke (2008)
|
| Replaces: |
Ernst Ludwig Bridge (1900)
|
| Coordinates: | 49° 37' 52.77" N 8° 22' 47.51" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| deck width | 14.00 m | |
| bridge surface | 10 677 m² | |
| approach viaduct Hessen | ||
|---|---|---|
| span lengths | 43-47 m - 36.50 m - 35.40 m - 34.15 m - 31.00 m - 29.70 m - 28.55 m - 25.70 m - 22.35 m | |
| number of spans | 9 | |
| approach viaduct Worms | ||
| span lengths | 29.75 m - 33.50 m - 45.85 m - 28.25 m | |
| number of spans | 4 | |
| main bridge | ||
| main span | 114.20 m | |
| total length | ca. 320 m | |
| span lengths | 101 m - 114.20 m - 101 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
Quantities
| Renovation | ||
|---|---|---|
| concrete volume | 1 700 m³ | |
| prestressing steel | 28 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 298 t | |
Design Loads
| live load | Brückenklasse 60 | |
| design code(s) | DIN 1072 |
Cost
| Renovation | ||
|---|---|---|
| cost of construction | Euro 13 600 000 | |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
|
|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Participants
Initial construction (1951-1953)
Owner
Architecture
- Gerd Lohmer (architect)
Structural engineering
-
Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG
- Ulrich Finsterwalder (structural engineer)
Construction
Renovation (2010-2013)
Owner
Client
Original design
Design consultants
- Jean-Jacques Zimmermann (design consultant)
Structural engineering
Checking engineering
- Tilman Zichner (checking engineer)
Contractor
Site supervision
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2024): 100 Jahre zusätzliche Lebensdauer für die Nibelungenbrücke Worms! Wie kann das gelingen?. Presented at: 28. Brandenburgischer Bauingenieurtag (BBIT2024) "Ressourcen- und energieeffiziente Konstruktionen", 2. Mai 2024, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, pp. 25-40.
- (1963): Algunos aspectos del proyecto de grandes puentes. In: Hormigón pretensado, v. 14, n. 66 (1st Quarter 1963), pp. 12-22.
- Brücken und Tunnel der Bundesfernstraßen 2014. Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur, Berlin (Germany), 2014, pp. 89-101.
- (2015): Ertüchtigung der Nibelungenbrücke Worms. In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, v. 110, n. 2 (February 2015), pp. 113-130.
- Festschrift zur Einweihung und Verkehrsübergabe der neuen Straßenbrücke über den Rhein am 30. April 1953. 1953.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20001157 - Published on:
10/12/2000 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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