Martinus Nijhoff Bridge
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 6 ″ N , 5 ° 15 ′ 36 ″ E
Martinus Nijhoffbrug | ||
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Official name | Martinus Nijhoffbrug | |
use | Road traffic | |
Convicted |
Rijksweg 2 , bicycle and pedestrian path |
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Crossing of | Waal | |
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Zaltbommel , Waardenburg ( West Betuwe municipality ) |
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Entertained by | Rijkswaterstaat | |
construction | Cable-stayed bridge | |
overall length | 988.42 m | |
width | 38.84 m | |
Longest span | 256 m | |
height | 71.66 m | |
Headroom | 17.50 m (for ships) | |
start of building | 1993 | |
completion | 1996 | |
opening | January 18, 1996 | |
planner | Combinatie BVW | |
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Above sea level | 3 m NAP |
The Martinus-Nijhoff-Brücke ( Dutch: Martinus Nijhoffbrug ) spans the Waal , the southern arm of the Rhine in the Rhine-Maas Delta , between the Dutch municipalities of Zaltbommel and West Betuwe . Rijksweg 2 , one of the most important north-south connections in the Netherlands, as well as two pedestrian and bicycle paths, runs on the 990-meter-long cable-stayed bridge built between 1993 and 1996 . The structure, visible from afar, is located at Rhine kilometer 933.60 and kilometer 75.23 of the Dutch waterway 101 (Rhine – Waal– Boven-Merwede –Beneden-Merwede– Noord ).
The approach bridge has a length of 565.05 meters. The current bridge, supported by the symmetrical stay cable construction, measures 423.37 meters with a maximum span of 256 meters. The approach bridge is 34.38 meters wide, the river bridge 38.84 meters. 2 × 3 directional lanes with a width of 32.55 meters (including median ) are available for road traffic . The 120 suspension ropes consist of 160 to 280 millimeters thick, high-density polyethylene- coated prestressing steel cables with a thickness of 160 to 280 millimeters each. The total length of the cables is around 540 kilometers. The construction depends fan system at four each 71.66 meters high and 3.14 to 5.40 meters thick pylons . A total of around 58,000 cubic meters of concrete and 5,776 tons of steel (excluding stay cables) were used for the bridge .
The building, opened on January 18, 1996 by the then Transport Minister Annemarie Jorritsma , is named after the poet Martinus Nijhoff (1894–1953). In 1934 he dedicated a line of text in a sonnet to the Bommel Bridge , the historical predecessor of today's motorway bridge , which has since been demolished . The historic Dr. W. Hupkes railway bridge is right next to the Martinus Nijhoff Bridge .
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See also
Web links
- Martinus Nijhoffbrug. In: Structurae
- Martinus Nijhoffbrug In: brueckenweb.de
The next bridge up the river: Waal : Bommel Bridge (demolished in 2007/2008) Dr. W. Hupkes Bridge |
Bridges over the Rhine |
The next bridge downstream: Boven-Merwede : Merwedebrücke near Gorinchem |