General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with fan system |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Secondary structure(s): |
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Location
| Location: |
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 50° 55' 51" N 6° 58' 5" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 302 m | |
| span lengths | 49.21 m - 89.03 m - 47.81m - 302.00 m - 150.68 m - 52.13 m | |
| number of spans | 6 | |
| deck | deck depth | 4.00 m |
| deck width | 29.5 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 77.20 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| pylon |
steel
|
| deck |
steel
|
Case Studies and Applied Products
Renewal of the rope coating on the Severin bridge in Cologne
The repair of the Severinsbrücke required a complete renewal of the corrosion protection of the pylon (outside) and the cables. This required section-by-section construction work.
[more]Participants
Initial construction (1956-1959)
Owner
Client
-
Stadt Köln - Tiefbauamt
- Karl Schüßler (Oberbaudirektor)
approach viaducts
Concrete construction
Railing
Roadway cover
main bridge
Design
-
Gutehoffnungshütte Sterkrade AG
- G. Fischer (designer)
- Heinrich Heß (designer)
- Gerd Lohmer (architect)
- Fritz Leonhardt (consulting engineer)
Traffic engineering
- G. Hinterleitner (traffic engineer)
Structural engineering
-
Gutehoffnungshütte Sterkrade AG
- Hans Krüßmann (structural engineer)
- Heinrich Heß (engineer)
- Stoltenburg (engineer)
Checking engineering
- Wolter (checking engineer)
- S. Thomaß (checking engineer)
-
Ingenieurbüro Prof. Dr.-Ing. Josef Pirlet
- Josef Pirlet (checking engineer)
Steel construction
Concrete construction
Stonework
Special foundations
Cable steel supplier
Railing
Roadway cover
Rehabilitation (2012-2013)
Consulting engineers
Scaffolding
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- A-Shaped Tower Supports Rhine Bridge. In: Engineering News Record (4 February 1960), pp. 34-38.
- (1998): Die Ästhetik moderner Schrägseilbrücken. In: Baukultur, n. 3 ( 1998), pp. 12-16.
- (1984): Baumeister in einer umwälzenden Zeit. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 129-131.
- (2007): Brücken in Deutschland II. für Straßen und Wege. Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 978-3-935064-46-0, pp. 80-81.
- (2013): Cable-Stayed Bridges. 40 Years of Experience Worldwide. Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-02992-3, pp. 65.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000066 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
02/10/2019
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