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| Bilina pedestrian bridge  In the 19th century, as the railway was built in the cities, stations were erected where squares used to be, mainly around the core cities. From then on, the Bílina River has separated the Bílina (Bohemia, Czech Republic) city center and the railway station. The European road E442 running along the river additionally contributes to isolate these two areas of the city from each other. A new construction was designed to remedy this situation. Since September 2010, a gently winding pedestrian bridge extends across the river and the road and provides a link between the city center and the station area. The bridge is already an integral part of the city pedestrian routes. Architecture and urban planning went hand in hand yielding a very successful result.The project was already a challenge starting from the first design: a 130 m long pedestrian bridge, with winding bends at different grades, stretching 10 m high across a road and a river. The rugged topography featuring a mainly smooth watercourse with sudden torrential waters involving a risk of flooding added to the requirement of causing the least possible traffic disruption. The Municipality of the small town of Bílina located about 15 km linear distance from the German border and the Ore Mountains awarded the contractor, Betonstav (Teplice), with the realization of this outstanding task. The belt system winds slowly from the train station square, across the river and the multi-lane European Road into the Bílina city centre. The Czech company PASCHAL spol.s.r.o. (Prague) took over the formwork works. The parent company in Steinach (Baden) assumed the tender preparation, designed all relevant technical solutions and supplied the Great aluminium shoring system called GASS. PASCHAL Prague supplied both wall and slab formwork and was responsible for supervision and technical services. The bridge piers were casted with LOGO.3 panels. The rough terrain around the river required the building contractor to be extremely flexible. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |