BAS 1229
Railway bridge

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10.02.2024
© www.brueckenweb.de / Frank Sellke

10.02.2024
© www.brueckenweb.de / Frank Sellke
Netherlands
Gelderland
Nijmegen
Centrum
Waal
Railway
Truss bridge
Steel
1878, Neubau 1982/1983
235.00 m
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0.00 m2
in operation
First bridge of 1878-1940:<br>Three parabola carrier a 129.4 m span
and five parallel belt truss with overhead roadway as a foreland bridge during Lent, a 55.8 m span.<br><br>Second bridge 1945-1982:<br>Medium parabolic carrier after war damage of ersetst photo's (1977 and 1982)<br><br>New 1982-1983:
Exchange:<br>First the foreland Bridge: new concrete<br>Then the main span:<br>1 x 235 m; by 2002 the largest span for rail transport in the Netherlands.<br>Then:<br>Exchange the last parable carrier and adjustments.<br><br>In years 2002-2004 a bridge was appended in addition to the railway for cycling and hiking traffic: "de Snelbinder"(= DAS Geäckträgerspannband fuerdas Rad).
The bridge of foothills of the consists of a field of concrete beams, hooked in consoles.
The main bridge is a single elbow attached to the parabolic truss of railway bridge,
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