The new pedestrian bridge crosses the Havel river in an S-curve from the Weinberg-Park to the Optikpark. Angled steel arches support the superstructure at the longest span length located over the river and secondary channel. The hangers are not located as usual along the outer edge of the circular edge beam, but rather on radial cantilevers that almost reach the arch planes. Thus the resultant of the hangers is angled only slightly away from the angled arch plane, leading to reduced bending stresses within the arch. The arches terminate at the height of the superstructure and thereby allow for the horizontal thrust to be short circuited via a tieback. Within the range of the arches, the bridge deck widens to allow for seating space. At the abutment the bridge deck is monolithically connected to the substructure, creating an integral structure.
Type of structure: curved arch bridge
Owner Stadt Rathenow
Cooperation Ingenieurbüro Küchler; Architekturbüro Pieper
Completed 11/2014
Scope of work: revision of conceptual design by Kristina
Brusius, Mirko Buff, Nadine Gisbert, Christina
Heuschkel; construction design, site supervision, lighting design
Total length 350 m
Arch spans 60 m and 48 m
Inclination of arches approx. 25°
Superstructure width 3 m - 4 m
Superstructure height 68 cm
Bridge area approx. 1,110 m²
Height difference 10 m
Material of bridge deck torsionally rigid steel hollow box section
Material of arches welded quadratic hollow profile
Awards Deutscher Ingenieurbaupreis 2016, Auszeichnung
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