General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Three-span cable-stayed bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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Location
| Location: |
Constantine, Constantine, Algeria |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 36° 21' 27.15" N 6° 36' 51.91" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 259.000 m | |
| total length | 1 119 m | |
| span lengths | 45.500 m - 38.500 m - 119.000 m - 259.000 m - 105.000 m - 2 x 49.000 m - 42.000 m - 49.000 m | |
| number of spans | 9 | |
| deck | width | 28 m |
| deck depth | 3.75 m | |
| height above valley floor or water | 80 m | |
| piles | diameter | 2.00 m |
| pylon P3 | height from ground level | 128.315 m |
| pylon P4 | height | 123.582 m |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Salah Bey Viaduct (Arabic: جسر صالح باي), is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Rhumel River in Constantine, North East Algeria is named after Salah Bey whose rule of the city (1771-1797) was marked by major urban works, This viaduct is already considered the "eighth wonder" of the city with seven bridges. With a length of 1119m, the viaduct has a futuristic design, which modernized the urban configuration of the city.
Characteristics
The Salah Bey Viaduct is the eighth bridge in Constantine, the longest with 756 meters for the main viaduct and 4.3 kilometers, counting the connections and accesses. Resting on eight shrouds and culminating at 130 meters.
Connections
The Viaduct Salah Bey was extended and connected with the A1 Algeria East–West Highway by two sides (North and South ).
Inauguration
The Salah Bey Bridge was inaugurated on July 26, 2014, by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, named after the governor of Constantine Salah Bey from 1771 to 1792.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Salah Bey Viaduct" and modified on October 11, 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2013): Constantine Viaduct, Algeria. Presented at: IABSE Conference: Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013, pp. 196-197.
- (2015): Constantine viaduct: a new landmark for the city of bridges. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering, v. 168, n. 2 (June 2015), pp. 139-149.
- Construction kicks off Constantine landmark. In: Bridge Update, n. 85 (July 2009), pp. 2.
- (2013): Design of Slender Aesthetical Concrete Bridges – Challenges and Considerations. Presented at: EASEC-13, The Thirteenth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Sapporo, Japan.
- (2017): El viaducto del Corgo y el viaducto Transrhumel. Dos ejemplos de construcción in-situ de tableros atirantados ejecutados por voladizos sucesivos. Presented at: VII Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Técnica del Hormigón Estructural (ACHE), A Coruña, 20-22 de junio de 2017.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20048209 - Published on:
23/09/2009 - Last updated on:
24/08/2022
