As the bridge connects the old town with the baroque buildings and the hospital city with the modern residential and commercial buildings, the visual and technical requirements were high. The risk of flooding and the special soil conditions required innovative solutions to create a structure that fully takes into account accessibility, river hydraulics, and potential flooding events.
Structure
Bergmeister Ingenieure designed the project using the Dlubal software RFEM. The bridge structure consists of flat-curved, plate-shaped reinforced concrete bending beams clamped to the abutments. The cross-section of the bridge thins out in streamlines towards the edges, thus meeting the requirements in the event of flooding. The bottom side of the brisge is also rounded in order to prevent damage from driftwood and tree trunks.
Grouted, slightly inclined small bored piles, designed at compression and tension, transfer forces through several meters of highly inhomogeneous artificial fill into the load-bearing gravel. The aim was to create a bridge structure that would provide a robust and low-maintenance connection between two banks without the need for sealing or surfacing. Durability is ensured by pure structural concrete with stainless steel reinforcement – a truly impressive customer project.
| Location | Altmühlbrücke Herzogsteg Bridge Herzoggasse 10 85072 Eichstätt |
| Investor | City of Eichstätt, Germany www.eichstatt.de |
| Architect | Arch. Christoph Mayr J2M Mayr Metz Architekten Part GmbB, Munich, Germany j2m-architekten.de |
| Object and Structural Design | Bergmeister Ingenieure GmbH, Germany www.bergmeister.eu |
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