STRUCTURES OF THE LARGE INTERCHANGE IN WUPPERTAL (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY)
LES OUVRAGES D'ART DU GIGANTESQUE NOEUD ROUTIER DE WUPPERTAL (ALLEMAGNE).
COMMENCED IN JUNE 1968, THIS INTERCHANGE COMPRISES 28 BRIDGES OF WHICH 24 ARE IN THE CENTRAL PORTION, AMONGST THESE THERE ARE FOUR STEEL BRIDGES AND 20 CONCRETE ONES. A TABLE GIVES THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE BRIDGES. THE AUTHOR BRIEFLY DESCRIBES THE FOUR STEEL BRIDGES, DETAILING FOR EACH CASE THE REASONS FOR THE CHOICE OF STEEL: 1) "WUPPERTAL BRIDGE BUCHENHOFEN K3' IN STEEL, WITH ONE SPAN OF 316M; IT IS SLIGHTLY CURVED AND SUPPORTS A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY. ITS DECK CONSISTS OF AN ORTHOTROPIC SLAB AND TWO MAIN BEAMS IN THE FORM OF A DOUBLE T; 2) THE RAILWAY BRIDGE K13 WITH ONE SPAN OF 100 M SUPPORTS THE SUSPENDED RAILWAY; IT IS A STEEL PORTAL FRAME WITH FOUR LEGS, EACH OF THE LEGS BEING A HORIZONTAL FRAME WITH TWO HINGES; 3) THE K15 BRIDGE (SUPPORTING THE RAILWAY LINES), IS COMPOSED OF FOUR DISTINCT BRIDGES TERMED THE 'SONNBORN RAILWAY BRIDGES', EACH OF THE BRIDGES COMPOSED OF FIVE INDEPENDENT SPANS. THESE HAVE AN UPPER DECK WITH TWO MAIN BEAMS IN THE FORM OF A DOUBLE T; 4) THE K17 BRIDGE 'THE WUPPERTAL-SOLINGEN CONNECTING BRIDGE', WHICH HAS A SPAN OF 49.80 M, SUPPORTS THE FEEDER ROAD AND THE DECK IS AN ORTHOTROPIC SLAB RESTING ON TWO BOX GIRDERS.
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Authors:
- IDELBERG, K
- Publication Date: 1973-12
Language
- French
Media Info
- Pagination: 500-3
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Serial:
- ACIER-STAHL-STEEL
- Volume: 38
- Issue Number: 12
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Box girders; Bridges; Curved bridges; Frames; Highways; Interchanges; Metals; Orthotropic plates; Skew bridges
- ITRD Terms: 3474: Box girder; 3455: Bridge; 3438: Curved bridge; 3322: Frame; GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF) ; 2755: Highway; 433: Interchange; 4543: Metal; 3490: Orthotropic plate; RAILWAY ; 3448: Skew bridge
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01296738
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 6:03AM