Øresund Bridge
General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with harp system
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|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge
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Location
| Location: |
Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 55° 35' 21.02" N 12° 46' 35.39" E |
| Coordinates: | 55° 33' 55.87" N 12° 53' 33.26" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 490 m | |
| total length | 7 845 m | |
| suspended length | 1092 m | |
| clearance | 57 m | |
| deck | width | 23.5 m |
| pylon | pylon height | 203.5 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 82 000 t | |
| concrete volume | 320 000 m³ | |
| reinforcing steel | 60 000 t | |
| steel for cable-stays | 2 300 t |
Materials
| superstructure |
steel
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|---|---|
| substructure |
reinforced concrete
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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[more]Chronology
| 14 August 1999 | The last span is lifted into place, Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Victoria of Sweden exchange kisses on the bridge. |
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| 1 July 2000 | Opened for traffic across the link. |
Participants
Owner
Design
- Georg Rotne (architect)
- Kaj Madsen (engineer)
- Niels J. Gimsing (engineer)
- Jørgen Nissen (engineer)
- Jørgen Gimsing (engineer)
- Klaus Falbe-Hansen (engineer)
Aerodynamic studies
Consulting engineers
Co-contractor
Subcontractor
Stay cables
Prestressing
Stay cable steel supplier
Bearings
Formwork
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2000): Des travaux d'Hercule entre Suède et Danemark. In: Construction moderne ( 2000), pp. 1-7.
- : An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Design of Major Fixed Links. Presented at: IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010, pp. 26.
- (2009): From Bridges across Great Belt and Oresund towards a Femern Belt Bridge. Presented at: IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
- Øresund Verbindung zwischen Dänemark und Schweden. In: Architektur + Wettbewerbe | Architecture + Competitions, n. 168 (December 1996), pp. 37.
- (1999): Geotechnical design considerations for Storebælt East Bridge and Øresund Bridge. Presented at: Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999, pp. 25.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000333 - Date created
15/08/1999 - Last Update
29/01/2018