Canal Bridge Magdeburg – Studies, Draft, Construction and Enterprise

The transfer of the canal Mittellandkanal across the river Elbe was the core of project 17 in the course of the transport project Deutsche Einheit (Reunification). The structure consists of two parts: the foreshore bridge with two eight-field continuous beams and the main bridge with one three-field continuous beam. The total length is 918 m with a maximum span of 106 m and a total weight of 24 900 t of steel. The shipping trough is 34 m wide and the overall height of the superstructure is 8.15 m. The solution of a waterway junction had to compete with the idea of a barrage in the river Elbe but was selected because of economical reasons and a minor intervention in the area of unspoiled nature.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The DVD lists the title of this paper as “Canal-Bridge-Magdeburg—Preliminary Investigations, Design, Construction and Operation”.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

  ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
  Zurich 8093,   Switzerland  CH-8093
• Authors:
  • Mundecke, Michael
  • Ruszczynsk, Christian
  • Stratmann, Hubert
• Conference:
  • IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007. Improving Infrastructure Worldwide
  • Location: Weimar , Germany
  • Date: 2007-9-19 to 2007-9-21
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Edition: Volume 93
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide. IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge construction; Bridges; Canals; Coast and river protective works; Flood protection; Long span bridges; Shipping
• Geographic Terms: Elbe River
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Marine Transportation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01226322
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 2010 7:23AM