As the bridge links the Baroque buildings of the old town with the modern residential and commercial buildings of the hospital city, 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 features flat curved, plate-shaped reinforced concrete bending beams clamped to the abutments. The cross-section of the bridge thins out in a streamlined manner towards the edges in order to meet flooding requirements. The bottom side of the bridge is also rounded in order to prevent damage from driftwood and tree trunks.
Grouted, slightly inclined small bored piles, approved for compression and tension, transfer the 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 the 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 | Altmühl Bridge Herzogsteg Herzoggasse 10 85072 Eichstätt, Germany |
| 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 |
