Brezno Footbridge, Slovakia
Brezno Footbridge, Slovakia
Client: Link projekt
Stage: Detailed design of steel structures
Design: 01-02/2013
RC prestressed footbridge above the city roundabout connects the city center with the Čierny Balog housing estate. The footbridge length is 115 m and the width is 3.0 m. The main span of the footbridge with a length of 32.5 m is suspended by steel rod hangers on steel tube pylons. The entry spiral ramp is point-supported by steel columns.
The internal supports P2 to P6 are designed from a tube 244.5x30, embedded in the foundations and in the RC slab. The length of the supports varies from 5.133 m to 7.4 m. The P5 and P6 pylons are designed as fixed columns from a tube 406x36. They are interconnected in the place of the slab by a steel crossbeams. The length of the pylons is 9.68 m and 10.66 m. The crossbeams are composite , box-shaped, welded from plates 30 mm thick.
The construction of the internal crossbeams is similar, with gusset plates for rod hangers at the ends.