Rhine Bridge at Wesel
Germany
The 772.5m long bridge over the Rhine in Wesel set a whole new standard in terms of the stipulations made regarding its surface appearance. The construction firm Hermann Kirchner Hoch- und Ingenieurbau GmbH cast these fair-faced concrete services using Large-area formwork Top 50. To deal with the 15.84° inclination, the engineers fielded Automatic climbing formwork SKE50. This permitted optimal adaptation to the structure geometry.
Project data
- Year of completion
- 2009
- Project duration
- 12 Months
- Country
- Germany
- Town or city
- Wesel
- Realization
- Hermann Kirchner - Hoch- und Ingenieurbau GmbH
- Structure
- Bridge
- Type of structure
- Piers and pylons
Pylon
- Construction method
- Inclined
- Structure height
- 130 m
- Height of casting sections
- 5 m
- Length of bridge (superstructure)
- 772.50 m
- Width of bridge (superstructure)
- 27.50 m
- Cycle time
- 4 -day cycle