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Structure-ID: s0000446
Created on: 11/03/99
Modified on: 03/13/04


Höga Kusten Bridge

High Coast Bridge
Built: 1993 - 1997
Status: in use
Location: Veda, Västernorrlands län, Sweden
Crosses: Ångermansälven River
Carries: E4 Motorway [Sweden]
Höga Kusten Bridge.
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
gravity-anchored, hollow box
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Checking engineer Holger S. Svensson

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Ahlgren Edblom Arkitekter AB
Wind tunnel testing Danish Maritime Institute
Subconsultant COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS
  Haug og Blom-Bakke A/S
Co-contractor Alfred Andersen Ltd.
  Monberg & Thorsen
  Skanska AB
Subcontractor Alpin Technik und Ingenieurservice GmbH
Cable steel supplier Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L.
Catwalk Bridon International

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
deck  steel
pylons  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  main span 1210 m
  total length 1.8 km
deck   deck width 17.80 m
pylon   pylon height 180 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 14 000 t
  concrete volume 40 000 m3

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External LinkHöga Kusten Bron Swedish English

Relevant Literature
* Strand start, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", August 1996, n. 4 v. 2 .
* Jörgensen, Gerner Rörsö   Höga Kusten Bridge (Sweden), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Jörgensen, Gerner Rörsö   Höga Kusten Bridge, Sweden, in "Structural Engineering International", May 1999, n. 2 v. 9 .
* Larose, Guy L.   Field measurements of a 1210 m span suspension bridge during erection, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
* Ottander, Catherine   A work of art, Page One Publishing.
* Pettersson, Lars   Höga Kusten Bridge, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
* Quaranta, Arnaud   Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 178-181.

 
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