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General Information

Name in local language: Vanšu tilts
Other name(s): Gorki Bridge
Beginning of works: 1976
Completion: 17 July 1981
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: ,
Crosses:
  • Daugava River
Coordinates: 56° 57' 3.81" N    24° 5' 42.43" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 312 m
width 28.4 m
total length 625 m
deck width 28.65 m
number of lanes 2 x 2
walkway width 2 x 3 m
pylon height 109 m

Materials

pylon reinforced concrete
deck of main bridge steel
abutments reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Vanšu Bridge (Latvian:Vanšu tilts) in Riga is a cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Daugava river in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Its name literally means Cable-stayed bridge and is also sometimes translated as Shroud Bridge. 595 meters in length, it is one of five bridges crossing the Daugava in Riga and passes over Ķīpsala island. It was built during the Soviet period and opened to public use on 21 July 1981 as the Gorky Bridge (Latvian: Gorkija tilts) after Maxim Gorky street, today renamed Krišjānis Valdemārs street, which it extends across the river.

In the last decade there have been more than 10 instances of people attempting to climb the cables. The only one with lethal consequences was on June 7, 2012 when a man committed suicide by jumping down from the bridge's cables. After the incident Riga City Council ordered for barbed wire entanglements to be installed on the cables.

In 2013 a beach with a playground and volleyball field was opened next to the Vanšu bridge in Ķīpsala.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Van%C5%A1u Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20004158
  • Published on:
    05/07/2002
  • Last updated on:
    28/05/2024
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