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General Information

Completion: 16 January 2008
Status: in use

Project Type

Awards and Distinctions

2012 award winner  

Location

Location: , ,
Location description:

Crosses Drammenselva

Coordinates: 59° 44' 39.55" N    10° 11' 42.69" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 89.5 m
deck of main span on-center distance between girders 4.610 m
walkway width 4.00 m
deck of side spans walkway width 3.00 m
pylons diameter 0.5 - 1.0 m
height 47.2 m
stay cables number of cables 2 x 8

Materials

deck steel
pylons steel
abutments reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Ypsilon Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over Drammenselva in Drammen, located in Viken in Norway.

The pedestrian bridge connects Kunnskapsparken, the science park of Grønland in Drammen with the city park on Bragernes. The bridge was designed by the firm of Arne Eggen Architects. The three-way bridge has been given the name "Ypsilon" due to its special form – from the air it looks like a Y, with one abutment on the Strømsø side and two at the Bragernes side. The project was co-funded by the municipality of Drammen and Kunnskapsparken AS. Kunnskapsparken accommodates the University of South-Eastern Norway with its campus Drammen, the public library of Drammen, and the Viken Regional Library.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ypsilon (bridge)" and modified on 11 October 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Architecture
Landscape architecture
Structural engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Main contractor
Steel construction
Stay cables

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

  • Eggen, Arne / Meidell, Nanna / Gjerding-Smith, Knut (2008): Ypsilon - Footbridge over river Drammen. Presented at: Footbridge 2008 - Footbridges for Urban Renewal, Third International Conference on Footbridges, 2-4 July 2008, Porto, Portugal, pp. 155.
  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20062810
  • Published on:
    24/02/2012
  • Last updated on:
    13/09/2022
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