General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
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| Structure: |
approach viaducts: Semi-circular arch bridge |
| Material: |
approach viaducts: Masonry bridge |
| Structure: |
main span: Deck truss bridge |
| Material: |
main span: Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Herisau, Appenzell Ausser Rhoden, Switzerland Stein, Saint Gallen, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 47° 24' 2" N 9° 19' 30" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 120 m | |
| height | 99 m | |
| length | ca. 380 m | |
| span lengths | 4 x 25 m - 120 m - 2 x 25 m - 5 x 12 m | |
| number of spans | 12 | |
| longitudinal slope | 1.6 % | |
| truss | depth | 5.15 - 12.3 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 920 t | |
| pier IV | stonework | 7 250 m³ |
Design Loads
| dead load | 8 t/m | |
| live load (bending) | 4.2 t/m | |
| live load (shear) | 4.7 t/m | |
| braking load (fraction of live load) | 1/6 | |
| wind load (with traffic) | 100 kg/m² | |
| wind load (without traffic) | 150 kg/m² |
Materials
| arches |
masonry
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Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (1989): Die alten Brücken und Stege in Appenzell Innerrhoden. pp. 50-51.
- (1910): Die Montierung der Sitterbrücke der Bodensee-Toggenburgbahn. In: Der Eisenbau, v. 1, n. 11 (November 1910), pp. 419-436.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20015919 - Published on:
01/04/2005 - Last updated on:
27/11/2018
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