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Bridges and Viaducts
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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Case Studies & Reports
Huge bearings for India's new Signature Bridge
It is both a beauty and a political issue: the Signature Bridge across the Yamuna river connecting Delhi to Wazirabad. A visual hallmark and specia ... more
New construction of the Schiersteiner Bridge: spherical bearings for 6,000 t of structural load
The Schiersteiner Bridge ranks among the most significant new highway bridge constructions in Germany. The challenge is the enormous structural wei ... more
Triple protection for railroad bridge in Greece
A combination of large hydraulic dampers, sliding isolation pendulums and shear keys protects the new railroad bridge SG26 in Greece against seismi ... more
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
Literature
- (2017): Bridges. A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans. 2nd edition, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 978-0316507943, pp. 176.
- (2017): Historia de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 978-84-380-0518-7, pp. 341.
- (2017): Chronik des Brückenbaus. In: 27. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium., ISBN 978-3-86780-510-0, pp. 187-202.
- (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.
- (2015): Brückenbau in Deutschland – eine Auswahl zukünftiger Schwerpunkte. Presented at: 25. Dresdener Brückenbausysmposium, 9./10. März 2015, Dresden (Germany).
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