Bridges, Road Bridges

Thimphuchu Bridge Bhutan

© Peter Schmid, Bhutan

The 4-lane road bridge with footpaths on each side spans as part of a new expressway of the capital city Thimphu across the Thimphuchu river. The structure consists of a slencer concrete slab on steel composite girders, which are in the center span suspended from two steel arches by flat steel hangers. The pre-stressed and unstressed reinforced concrete slab is monolithically connected with the piers and the abutments. Without bearings and intersection structures that would require high maintenance efforts, a economic and robust structure was designed.

Categories
Bridges, Road Bridges
Location
Thimphu, Bhutan
Architect
schlaich bergermann partner
Cooperation
Construction Catalysers, Pune, IndiaGyaltshen Consultancy, Thimphu, Bhutan
Owner
Royal Government of Bhutan
Project Responsibility
Jörg Schlaich

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Length
78 m
Span
13.5 m - 51 m - 13.5 m
Width
21 m
Height
10 m
Concrete
1,700 m³
Reinforcement steel
250 t
Steel for pre-stressed concrete
10 t
Structural steel
180 t

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