General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Box girder bridge Haunched girder bridge |
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| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge Structurae Plus/Pro - Subscribe Now! |
| Function / usage: |
upper deck: Road bridge lower deck: Tramway, light or metro rail bridge lower deck: Bicycle and pedestrian bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Vienna 2 (Leopoldstadt), Vienna, Austria Vienna 22 (Donaustadt), Vienna, Austria |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces: |
Reichsbrücke (1937)
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| Carries: |
Vienna Metro Line U 1 (2006)
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| Supports: |
Donauinsel Metro Station (1982)
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| Coordinates: | 48° 13' 41.93" N 16° 24' 35.61" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| lower deck | number of tracks | 2 |
| upper deck | number of lanes | 2 x 3 |
| main bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| main span | 169 m | |
| length | ca. 528 m | |
| girder depth | 5.5 - 8.8 m | |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Case Studies and Applied Products
Replacing pot bearings with spherical bearings in Vienna
Extremely constricted space and high loads – this was the general framework for the bearing replacement at the Reichsbridge in Vienna. MAURER mastered this challenge with high-performance spherical bearings.
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Chronology
| 1 August 1976 | The suspension bridge previously at the same location collapses due to a combination of factors. |
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| 1 October 1976 | Temporary bridge is opened for car traffic. |
| December 1976 | International design competition. |
| 21 December 1976 | Temporary bridge is opened for tramway traffic. |
| June 1977 | Project "Johann Nestroy" is chosen (Popper/Kotz). |
| January 1978 | Construction begins. |
| 8 November 1980 | Opening to car traffic. |
| 3 September 1982 | Trains for the subway line U1 first cross the bridge. |
Participants
Initial construction (1978-1980)
Owner
Architecture
- Heikki Siren (architect)
- Norbert Kotz (architect)
Structural engineering
- Alfred Popper (structural engineer)
Co-contractor
Bearing replacement (2017)
Owner
Contractor
Bearings
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1939): La construction du nouveau pont «Reichsbrücke» sur le Danube à Vienne. In: Ossature métallique, v. 8 (October 1939), pp. 415-420.
- (2004): Dream Bridges / Traumbrücken. Springer Architecture, Vienna (Austria), pp. 247.
- (1979): Interdisziplinäres Planen - Gedanken zu einem Vorschlag für den «Projektwettbewerb Reichsbrücke Wien». In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, v. 74, n. 4 (April 1979), pp. 101-109.
- (2005): On-Line Überwachung der Wiener Reichsbrücke. In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, v. 100, n. 12 (December 2005), pp. 997-1002.
- (1980): Reconstruction of Vienna's Reichsbrücke "Johann Nestroy" project. In: IABSE Structures, v. 4, n. 4 ( 1980).
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20004398 - Published on:
26/07/2002 - Last updated on:
23/01/2018
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