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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
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- new entry (30 days)
- updated entry (14 days)
# | Name | Country | main span |
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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
Literature
- 100 Jahre Dauerhaftigkeit für Brücken- und Tunnelbauwerke. Presented at: 28. Dresdener Brückenbausysmposium, 12./13. März 2018, Dresden (Germany), pp. 157-168. (2018):
- 27. Dresdner Brückenbausymposium. Planung, Bauausführung, Instandsetzung und Ertüchtigung von Brücken (13./14. März 2017). ISBN 978-3-86780-510-0, pp. 208. (2017):
- 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. (2018):
- Advances in Bridge Construction. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 3, n. 8 (August 1933), pp. 428-32. (1933):
- Aesthetics of Bridge Design. In: PCI Journal, v. 13 (February 1968), pp. 14-31. (1968):