THOUGHTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN ELEVATED ROAD CONSTRUCTION

GEDANKEN ZUR WEITERENTWICKLUNG IM HOCHSTRASSENBAU

The authors present elevated roads in Dresden, Halle, Wismar and Neubrandenburg which have been designed and completed by the road design and engineering bureau of the German Democratic Republic. From these examples are derived certain facts relating to the further development and standardization of elevated roads. It is for example important that long engineering structures in built-up areas nearly always have to be adapted to existing alignments, and thus will seldom be straight sections. From the start of design the engineers should cooperate with town planners. the design and construction of elevated roads and similar structures can be undertaken in steel, steel composite or massive construction, and latter is predominant in East Germany. Possible ways of standardizing the cross-sections of the superstructure are discussed, which is a more complicated problem than would appear at first. The most commonly used cross-section the world over is the hollow girder. In East Germany carriageway widths are established at 7.5 M for the two-laned road and 11.0 M for the three-laned road.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transpress VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

  Franzoesische Strasse 13/14, Postfach 1235
  108 Berlin,   Germany 

  Transport VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

  Franzoesischestrasse 13/14
  DDR-108 Berlin,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Raap, W D
  • WAGNER, J
• Publication Date: 1972-10

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 416-420
• Serial:
  • Strasse
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Box girders; Bridge design; Bridge superstructures; Bridges; Girder bridges; Highway bridges; Mechanical elasticity; Mechanical stability; Pavements; Plasticity; Reinforced concrete; Research projects; Slabs; Standardization; Steel; Steel structures; Structural design; Ultimate load design; Width
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement width
• ITRD Terms: 8029: Germany, Democratic Republic of; 143: Planning; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 9075: Standardization; 4542: Steel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Pavements; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081561
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM