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Bridges and Viaducts | Structurae
A bridge or a viaduct is a structure built to span a physical obstacle such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over that very obstacle.
Most Important Structures in this Category
- entry with pictures
- new entry (30 days)
- updated entry (14 days)
| # | Name | Country | main span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | Japan | 1991 m |
| 2 | Xihoumen Bridge | China | 1650 m |
| 3 | Great Belt East Bridge | Denmark | 1624 m |
| 4 | Osman Gazi Bridge | Turkey | 1550 m |
| 5 | Yi Sun-Sin Bridge | South Korea | 1545 m |
| 6 | Runyang Yangtze River North Bridge | China | 1490 m |
| 7 | Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge | China | 1418 m |
| 8 | Humber Bridge | United Kingdom | 1410 m |
| 9 | Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge | Turkey | 1408 m |
| 10 | Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge | China | 1385 m |
Note: there are too many entries in this category and all its subcategories combined. To obtain a list of structures please go through one of the subcategories.
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Subcategories
- 3D-Printed Bridges
- Balanced cantilever method
- Cantilever construction using temporary cable-stays
- Cantilever construction using temporary stays in vertical position, then rotation into horizontal
- Climbing formwork
- Composite prefabricated girders with in-situ deck slab
- Formwork carriage
- In-situ casting on falsework
- Incremental launching
- Lateral / transverse launching
- Longitudinal launching
- Precast concrete elements with in-situ joints
- Precast girders with cast-in-situ slab
- Rotation around a horizontal axis
- Rotation around a vertical axis
- Segmental construction
- Tarzan method
Case Studies & Reports
New combination of extradosed and butterfly web: Shin-Meishin Mukogawa Bridge
The Shin-Meishin Mukogawa Bridge is located in Japan, north of Kobe, between the Takatsuki and Kobe junctions on the Shin-Meishin Expressway. The 4 ... more
World's longest girder span with corrugated steel plate webs: Aigawa Bridge
The Aigawa Bridge is a continuous multi-span rigid frame bridge on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in the northern part of Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefectu ... more
Temporary bridge for Ackermann Bridge Project in Augsburg
At 40,000 vehicles per day, the 50 year old Ackermann Bridge that crosses the Wertach River in Augsburg, Germany is one of the most heavily travell ... more
Literature
- (2018): 100 Jahre Dauerhaftigkeit für Brücken- und Tunnelbauwerke. Presented at: 28. Dresdener Brückenbausysmposium, 12./13. März 2018, Dresden (Germany), pp. 157-168.
- (2017): 27. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium. Planung, Bauausführung, Instandsetzung und Ertüchtigung von Brücken (13./14. März 2017). ISBN 978-3-86780-510-0, pp. 208.
- (2018): 28. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium. Planung, Bauausführung, Instandsetzung und Ertüchtigung von Brücken (12./13. März 2018). Institut für Massivbau, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden (Germany), ISBN 978-3-86780-544-5, pp. 231.
- (1933): Advances in Bridge Construction. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 3, n. 8 (August 1933), pp. 428-32.
- (1968): Aesthetics of Bridge Design. In: PCI Journal, v. 13 (February 1968), pp. 14-31.
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