Köröshegy Bridge
Hungary
The 1870 m long, 23.2 m wide and up to 7 m high carriageway deck, with maximum spans of 120 m, was cast in segments working from both sides of the valley. Spanning the broad valley at Köröshegy, south of Lake Balaton, this is one of the longest valley crossings in Europe. It forms part of the extension of the M7 Budapest-to-Zagreb motorway.
Project data
- Year of completion
- 2006
- Project duration
- 21 Months
- Country
- Hungary
- Town or city
- Köröshegy
- Realization
- Hídépítő Rt.
- Structure
- Bridge
- Type of structure
- Piers and pylons
Bridge deck/superstructure
- Cross-sectional shape
- Twin-cell box girder – slanted webs
- Overall length of bridge
- 1872 m
- Number of spans
- 17
- Longest span
- 120 m
- Number of piers
- 16
Piers
- Construction method
- Straight
- Number of storeys
- 5
- Height of casting sections
- 79.70 m