Oresund Bridge

ORESUND BRIDGE

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HistoryThe bridge

The railway and the tunnel

ConclusionWebography

SUMMARY

HISTORY

Denmark

Sweden

Oresund Strait

MalmoCopenhagen

16 kilometers

THE BRIDGE

3,510 meter

4,055 meter

Peberholm

7,845 meters

1

2

3

17/7/95Contract tunnel & contract the artificial island

6/1/99The 20th and final tunnel element is

placed in the tunnel trench

27/11/95Øresundskonsort

iet signs a contract

16/7/97Svanen

TIME LINE

9-12/6/2 000thousands of people who

walked, cycled or roller

1/7/2 004Oresund Bridge

Birthday’s

1/4/2002236,651

vehicles cross the bridge

29/6/2001biological

environmental demands

1/7/2 000The inauguration of the Oresund

Bridge

12/6/2 00080,000

participants/ half marathon

CROSS-BORDER ACTIVITY

Suspension bridge

Main cable CablesDeck

WHY A CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE?

Parallel system

(or harp system)

Various point on the tower

equal number on both sides

Suspended lenght: 1 092 m

Longest span: 490 m

Total lenght: 7 845 M

Width: 23.5 m,for 4 lanes of traffic

Suspended lenght: 1 092 m

Longest span: 490 m

Total lenght: 7 845 M

Clearance below: 57 m

Pylon height: 203.5 m

Width: 23.5 m

Suspended lenght: 1 092 m

Longest span: 490 m

Total lenght: 7 845 M

vibrator

concrete

skip

frames

pipe driver

trepan

probe

FONDATIONS

Fabrication on-shore and transportation to the bridge line Main piers: construction insitu

FLOATING CRANE : SVANEN

80 meters

80 meters

20 meters15 meters

30 meters

9 500 N

Bridge deck section

The rail section is double track standard gauge (1435 mm) and capable of high-speeds

exceeding 200 km/h.

RAILWAY

The island is approximately four kilometres long,

and connects the bridge and tunnel of the Øresund link

ARTIFICIAL ISLAND

10m

38,8m

8,6m

Built: 1993 - 2000

Structural Type: Immersed

tube tunnel

Function / usage:

Railroad tunnel

Road tunnel

length of immersed tube tunnel section 3 510 m

number of tunnel units 20

tunnel unit weight 57 500 t

Quantities used in construction

concrete volume 660 000 m3

reinforcing steel 20 000 t

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Heavy water-proof bulk heads

The precast reinforced concrete units were 8m high, 40m wide and 175m long and they weighed 55,000 metric tons.

CONSTRUCTION OF IMMERSED TUBE TUNNEL

Dock

The units floating in the flooded dry dock at Oresund,

prior to being towed out.

Precast reinforced concrete units

The units under tow on their way to their final placing.

The precast reinforced concrete units

The unit suspended over the dredged trench with the tugs holding the unit in position, ready for lowering to the sea bed.

CONCLUSION

Country Sweden - Denmark Locality Malmö Geographic coordinates 55°34'31"N 12°49'37"E Crosses Øresund(Strait) Function Motorway ( Europavag 20) Railway Oresund Railway Type Cable-stayed bridge/ truss bridge Lenght 7 845 m Main span 490 m Width 23.5 m Pylon height (height) 203.5 m Clear height 57 m Materials steel and reinforced concrete Construction 1996-2000 Putting into service July 2, 2000 Architect (s) G. Rotne, K. Falbe-Hansen, J. Gimsing, N. Gimsing, K. Madsen, J. Nissen construction cost of 2.8 billion euro

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