General Information
| Other name(s): | Talbrücke Wilde Gera |
|---|---|
| Official designation: | BW 5315/05 |
| Beginning of works: | 1998 |
| Completion: | 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Deck arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete bridge |
| Construction method: |
deck: Incremental launching piers: Climbing formwork |
| Material: |
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| Construction method: |
arch: Cantilever construction using temporary cable-stays |
Awards and Distinctions
| 2006 |
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Location
| Location: |
Ilmenau, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 50° 42' 52.99" N 10° 47' 11.96" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 552 m | |
| bridge surface | 14 628 m² | |
| arch | arch span | 252 m |
| deck | deck depth | 3.74 m |
| span lengths | 30 m - 36 m - 10 x 42 m - 36 m - 30 m | |
| deck width | 26.50 m | |
| number of spans | 14 | |
| height above valley floor or water | 110 m | |
| foundations | diameter of bored piles | 1.20 m |
| average length per pile | 13.00 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 4 500 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 1 400 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 850 t | |
| temporary stays | 170 t | |
| deck | structural steel | 2 500 t |
| concrete volume | 5 000 m³ | |
| reinforcing steel | 850 t | |
| substructure | concrete volume | 12 500 m³ |
| reinforcing steel | 1 400 t | |
| temporary works | prestressing steel | 170 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | German Mark 45 800 000 | |
| cost of construction per m² | German Mark 3 100 |
Materials
| deck |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| foundations |
reinforced concrete
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| arch |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| November 1997 | Construction begins. |
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| August 2001 | End of construction. |
| 2006 | Deutscher Brückenbaupreis in the category of road and rail bridges. |
Participants
Owner
Client
Original design
- Ingenieurbüro A. Schwarzmann
- Ursulina Schüler-Witte (design consultant)
- Ralf Schüler (design consultant)
Alternative design
- Adam Hörnig Baugesellschaft GmbH & Co.
-
Köhler + Seitz Beraten und Planen GmbH
- Roland von Wölfel (designer)
Structural engineering
- Köhler + Seitz Beraten und Planen GmbH (substructure)
- Schmitt Stumpf Frühauf und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft im Bauwesen mbH (deck)
Construction engineers
Checking engineering
- HRA Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Bochum (deck)
- Tilman Zichner (checking engineer) (substructure)
- Jochen Haensel (checking engineer) (superstructure)
- Gerhard Hanswille (checking engineer) (superstructure)
Construction
Steel construction
Stay cables
Formwork
Construction supervision
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2002): Bauablauf bei der Herstellung der Talbrücke "Wilde Gera". In: Tiefbau, v. 114, n. 3 (March 2002), pp. 114-118.
- Besondere Brücken II. Dokumentation 2000. Berlin (Germany).
- (2000): Bogenfreivorbau der Brücke über die Wilde Gera. Presented at: 10. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium, Dresden, 16. März 2000, pp. 79-96.
- Bogenschluß der Talbrücke Wilde Gera vollzogen. In: Bautechnik, v. 76, n. 12 (December 1999), pp. 1114.
- (2001): Die Brücke über die Wilde Gera. In: Bauingenieur, v. 76 ( 2001), pp. 59-76.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000331 - Published on:
13/08/1999 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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