General Information
| Other name(s): | Rodenkirchener Brücke |
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| Beginning of works: | 1938 |
| Completion: | 1941 |
| Status: | destroyed (1945) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
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Location
| Location: |
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Crossed: |
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| Carried: |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaced by: |
Rodenkirchen Bridge (1954)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 378 m | |
| length of side spans | 94.5 m | |
| deck | deck width | 22.6 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Chronology
| 28 February 1945 | Destroyed |
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Participants
Client
Architecture
- Paul Bonatz (architect)
Engineering
- Karl Wilhelm Schaechterle (engineer)
- Fritz Leonhardt (engineer)
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1956): Brücken. Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, Königstein im Taunus (Germany), pp. 108-109.
- (2006): Brücken in Deutschland für Straßen und Wege. Der Fotobildband deutscher Brückenbaukunst. Deutscher Bundesverlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 978-3-935064-41-5, pp. 76-77.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 77.
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 50.
- (1996): Über Brücken. Köln und der Rhein. conMedia Verlag, Cologne (Germany), pp. 192.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000186 - Published on:
29/04/1999 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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