Footbridge over Rhine-Main-Danube Channel at Keilheim
Kelheim, Germany, 1987
In Kelheim (Bavaria) the extension of the river Altmuehl to the Main-Danube-Channel required a footbridge with a clearance diagram of 61.84 m x 7.6 m. An additional challenge was the minimum ramp length of 30 m which was a result of the maximum slope of 10%. An advantage was the possibility to use a scaffolding for the production, because the bridge could be built before the completion of the channel. Thus the curved design could be developed, distinguished by a very slender pre-stressed concrete girder and suspended one-sided on a spatial cable structure. The main cable is redirected via two tubular steel poles and is anchored in the abutments. An experience of a three-dimensional structure is given to the pedestrian by the permanently varying inclination of the suspenders.
Location
Kelheim, Germany
Architect
Ackermann und Partner, München
Client
Rhein-Main-Donau AG, München
Contractor
Pfeifer Seil- und Hebetechnik, Memmingen
Our Scope of Work
conceptual design, construction design, site supervision
Span61.84 m
Radius of curvature37.79 m at bridge center, 18.89 m at ramp crossover