With an elegant and sweeping motion, slender yet powerful, the bridge crosses the A8 Stuttgart - Munich Autobahn. It reflects the internal stresses, the melting of form and flow of forces, duly transposed into concrete. The about 70 m long and 6.5 m wide slab is supported by two inclined struts that amount to a raked frame, and is supported by tendons encased in concrete in the middle. Following the moment diagram the cross-section mid-span is reinforced parabolically and dissolved in a 5-web T-beam.
- Location
Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
- Architect
schlaich bergermann partner
- Client
Landesamt für Straßenwesen Baden-Württemberg
- Contractor
Richard Besemer, Merklingen
- Our Scope of Work
conceptual design, construction design, site supervision
- Length between abutments 70 m
- Distance between foundations in the slopes 55 m
- Construction height of superstructure in the center of the bridge 1,74 m
- Spans 18 - 34 - 18 m
- Width 6,50 m
- Height above ground approx. 10 m
