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Structure-ID: s0000031
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 10/13/07


Great Belt East Bridge

Storebelt East Bridge, Storebæltsbroerne
Built: 1991 - 1998
Status: in use
Location: Between the islands of Funen and Zealand, Korsør, Zealand, Denmark
Crosses: Great Belt (Storebælt)
Great Belt East Bridge
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Structural Type:
main bridge: Suspension bridge
gravity-anchored
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Part of: Great Belt Fixed Link

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Consultant Blair Birdsall

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Sund & Baelt Holding A/S
Design COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS
Architecture Dissing+Weitling arkitektfirma a/s
Wind tunnel testing Danish Maritime Institute
Consulting Ben C. Gerwick Inc. substructure
Construction engineers De Miranda Associati
Construction E. Pihl & Søn A.S. substructure
Subcontractor Gec Alsthom SDEM
Formwork STREIF Baulogistik GmbH
Project management Tony Gee and Partners LLP superstructure
Software LUSAS

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
deck  steel
pylons  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  total length 6.8 km
cables   number of cables 2
  strands per cable 37
  wires per strand 504
  cable diameter 0.827 m
  total number of wires per cable 18648
  on-axis distance between the main cables 27.00 m
  wire diameter 5.38 mm
eastern approach   deck depth 6.7 m
  total length 2 529 m
  span lengths 73 m - 12 x 193 m - 140 m
  deck width 25.1 m
main bridge   main span 1 624 m
  deck depth 4.00 m
  total length 2 694 m
  span lengths 535 m - 1624 m - 535 m
  deck width 31.00 m
pylons   pylon height 254 m
western approach   deck depth 6.7 m
  total length 1 567 m
  span lengths 143 m - 7 x 193 m - 73 m
  deck width 25.1 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 17 000 t (Fe 420 KT.TM)
2 000 t (Fe 510 D)
  structural steel 28 000 t (Fe 420 KT.TM)
3 000 t (Fe 510 D)
superstructure   structural steel 30 000 t (Fe 510 D)

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External LinkAndreas Lobe: Brücke über den Großen Belt German
External LinkBernd Nebel: Brücken: Brücken in Europa: Die Store Baelt Brücke German
External LinkBroer.no: Great Belt East Bridge English Norwegian
External Linkhighways.dk: Storebæltsbroen Danish
External LinkLusas: Static and Dynamic Analysis of the Construction Phases of Storebaelt East Suspension Bridge English
External LinkParsons: Great Belt East Bridge English
External LinkRailway Technology: Great Belt Fixed Link English
External LinkStorebaeltbrücke German
External LinkStorebælt/Great Belt Site Danish English German

Relevant Literature
* D'une rive à l'autre / Brücken dieser Welt (2) (television documentary).
* Great belt bridge – a challenging project for dmi, in "DMI News", 2009 .
* Storebælt Verbindung, Dänemark, in "Architektur + Wettbewerbe | Architecture + Competitions", December 1996, n. 168 .
* Wheels in motion, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", August 1996, n. 4 v. 2 .
* Aeschlimann, H.   L'asphalte coulé pour le revêtement de ponts à tablier métallique, in "Ouvrages d'art", July 1999, n. 32 .
* Birdsall, Blair   A Bridge for the 21st Century, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1997, n. 10 v. 67 .
* de Miranda, Mario   Storebaelt East Bridge - aspetti del montaggio e della realizzazione, in "Costruzioni Metalliche", 1998, n. 6 .
* de Miranda, Mario   Storebaelt East Bridge, aspects du montage et de la réalisation, in "Construction Métallique", 2000, n. 2 .
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 150.
* Dupré, Judith   Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 112-113.
* Dupré, Judith   Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 112-113.
* Dupré, Judith   Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 112-113.
* Eugen, Brühwiler   Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11 .
* Frandsen, Aksel G.   Ship collision studies for the Great Belt East Bridge, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
* Gimsing, Niels J.   From Bridges across Great Belt and Oresund towards a Femern Belt Bridge, presented at IABSE Workshop, Recent Major Bridges, Shanghai, May 2009.
* Gimsing, Niels J.   Pont sur le Grand Belt (Danemark), in "Travaux", October 1973, n. 463 .
* Gotfredsen, H.-H.   Brücken und Tunnel der Überquerung des Großen Belt, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", January 1994, n. 1 v. 89 .
* Graf, Bernhard   Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 110-111.
* Graf, Bernhard   Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 110-111.
* Hansen, Ole Rud   Great Belt East Bridge , presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
* Jacobsen, Arne Steen   Great Belt's East Bridge - Tender design of the approach spans, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
* Livesey, F.   Tuned Mass Dampers for the Great Belt East Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1995, n. 4 v. 5 .
* Ostenfeld, K.   Design of the Great Belt East Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1995, n. 4 v. 5 .
* Ostenfeld, Klaus H.   From Little Belt to Great Belt, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Pedersen, Flemming M.   Design of foundations for the Storebælt East Bridge, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999.
* Pétrequin, Michel   Beyond the limits of erection activities, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
* Poulsen, K.   Denmark's «Fixed Link», in "Structural Engineering International", May 1991, n. 2 v. 1 .
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 189.
* Quaranta, Arnaud   Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 50-53.
* Rouvillain, Francis   Le point sur le projet du Grand Belt au Danemark, in "Ouvrages d'art", November 1996, n. 25 .
* Saul, Reiner   Weitgespannte Brücken / Long-Span Bridges, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 1999, n. 8 v. 39 .
* Skettrup, Erik   Great Belt East Bridge 1624 m suspension bridge substructure, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
* Stage, Mads   The Great Belt Seasons, COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners S.A. (limited edition), 1997.
* Sørensen, Carsten S.   Geotechnical design considerations for Storebælt East Bridge and Øresund Bridge, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999.
* Sørensen, Ove   Design for movements in bridges, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.
* Tolstrup, Christian   Suspension bridge over the Eastern Channel of the Great Belt, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
* Torres Arcila, Martha   Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico) , ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 284-289.
* Wells, Matthew   30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 80-85.
* Wells, Matthew   30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766715011; pp. 80-85.

 
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