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Paper C1- 2007

The Development of Cable-Stayed Bridges since John Röbling

Dipl.Dipl.--Ing. Holger SvenssonIng. Holger Svensson

2IABSE Symposium 2007Weimar, 19 - 21 September 2007

The Development of Cable-Stayed Bridges

since John RöblingDipl.-Ing. Holger SvenssonSpeaker of the Executive Board

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Cable‐Stayed Bridges 

Johann August Röbling, 1806 - 1869 4

Cable-Stayed Bridges

Niagara Bridge

Stiffened Railway Suspension Bridge

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Cable-Stayed Bridges

Allegheny River Bridge, USA

Stiffened Suspension Bridge

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Cable-Stayed Bridges

Cincinnati Bridge, USA

Stiffened Suspension Bridge

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Preliminary Design Brooklyn Bridge, USA

Stiffened Suspension Bridge

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Brooklyn Bridge, USA

Stiffened Suspension Bridge

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Tamar Bridge, England

Stiffened Suspension Bridge

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Comparing Systems Deflection Lines

Comparison of Deflections

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Aerodynamic Stability

Comparison of Aerodynamic Stability

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Helgeland Bridge, Norway

Aerodynamically Stable Bridge

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Strömsund Bridge, Sweden

First Modern Bridge

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Düsseldorf Bridge Family

First German Bridges

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Theodor-Heuss Bridge, Düsseldorf

First German Bridge

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Knie Bridge, Düsseldorf

Record Cantilever Construction

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Oberkassel Bridge, Düsseldorf

First Transverse Shifting

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Friedrich-Ebert Bridge across the Rhine River at Bonn

First Multi-Stay Bridge

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Zarate-Brazo Largo Bridge, Argentinia, for Road and Rail

First Railway Bridge

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Main River Bridge at Hoechst

First Major Cast-In-Place Bridge

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Brotonne Bridge, France

First Partially Precast Bridge

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Pasco-Kennewick Bridge, USA

First Precast Segmental Bridge

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Kurt-Schumacher Bridge across the Rhine River between Mannheim and Ludwigshafen

First Hybrid Bridge

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Hoogly River Bridge, Calcutta, India Baytown Bridge, Texas, USA

First Major Composite Bridges

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Kap Shui Mun Bridge, Hong Kong

First Double-Deck Railway Bridge

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2. Orinoco Bridge, Venezuela

First Series of Railway Bridges

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Millau Bridge, France

Longest Series of Cable-Stayed Bridges

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Sutong Bridge, China

1088 m: Record Span 2009