General Information
| Name in local language: | Rheinbrücke Wiesbaden-Schierstein |
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| Beginning of works: | 11 September 2013 |
| Completion: | 2019 |
| Status: | in use/under construction |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-cell box girder bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
main bridge: Steel bridge Structurae Plus/Pro - Subscribe Now! approach viaducts: Steel-concrete composite bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
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| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces: |
Rheinbrücke Wiesbaden-Schierstein (1962)
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| Coordinates: | 50° 2' 12.04" N 8° 12' 41.77" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 280 m | |
| span lengths | 46.70 m - 55.00 m - 102.50 m - 205.00 m - 102.50 m - 89.00 m - 102.50 m - 205.00 m - 102.50 m - 70.00 m - 2 x 60.00 m - 52.00 m - 29.84 m | |
| deck width | 2 x 21.72 m | |
| bridge surface | ca. 54 000 m² | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 3 | |
| downstream bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| total length | 1 285.133 m | |
| bridge surface | 27 907 m² | |
| upstream bridge | ||
| total length | 1 278.776 m | |
| bridge surface | 27 769 m² | |
Quantities
| structural steel | 40 900 t | |
| concrete volume | 65 900 m³ | |
| volume of earthworks | 40 700 m³ |
Cost
| cost of construction | Euro 206 000 000 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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|---|---|
| deck of main bridge |
steel
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| deck of approach viaducts |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
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Case Studies and Applied Products
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Participants
Owner
Client
Design
Steel connections
Bearings
Expansion joints
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2016): Ersatzneubau der Schiersteiner Brücke. In: Stahlbau, v. 85, n. 5 (May 2016), pp. 360-362.
- (2013): Die neue Rheinbrücke Wiesbaden-Schierstein - Wettbewerb und Entwurf. In: Stahlbau, v. 82, n. 2 (February 2013), pp. 106-121.
- (2014): The New Wiesbaden-Schierstein Bridge – 50 Years of Steel Construction. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014, pp. 2089-2096.
- Reaktionen auf die Vollsperrung der Schiersteiner Brücke auf der A643. In: Bautechnik, v. 92, n. 3 (March 2015), pp. 237.
- (2008): Suche nach der geeigneten Lösung. Zu den Ergebnissen von zwei Realisierungswettbewerben. In: [ Umrisse ], v. 8, n. 4 ( 2008), pp. 18.
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20043396 - Published on:
04/02/2009 - Last updated on:
13/09/2018