Taxiway bridge (Frankfurt Airport)
Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 8 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 57 ″ E
Taxiway bridge at Frankfurt Airport | ||
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Taxiway bridge West 1: an aircraft is crossing the railway line and the motorway. In the background high-voltage lines to the Kelsterbach underground substation. | ||
Official name | Taxiway bridge west 1 / taxiway bridge east 1 | |
use | Planes | |
Convicted | Connection of the northwest runway to Frankfurt am Main Airport | |
Subjugated |
Bundesautobahn 3 km 166 high-speed route Cologne – Rhein / Main , Airportring ( K 823) |
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place |
Kelsterbach on the border with Frankfurt am Main , Frankfurt Airport |
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construction | Frame bridge | |
overall length | maximum 92 m | |
width | maximum 354 m | |
Longest span | maximum 33 m | |
building-costs | 90 million euros | |
start of building | May 8, 2009 | |
completion | 2010 | |
opening | October 21, 2011 | |
location | ||
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The two taxiway bridges at Frankfurt airport run on the Federal Highway 3 between junctions Mönchhof Triangle (48) and Kelsterbach (49), the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main near the building Frankfurt airport train station and the airport ring called County road 823.
Building history
The bridges connect the airport's existing flight operations areas with the new, 2800-meter-long northwest runway, which is north of the motorway and the railway line.
Construction began on May 8, 2009 and was completed a year later in 2010. First the support pillars were raised and in May 2010 the road slabs were laid in several weekend nights when the motorway was completely closed. This was followed by the installation of the security fence, surveillance systems and other infrastructure.
bridges
There are a total of five bridge structures. Two lead over the autobahn and the ICE route, two over the airport ring, and another bridge spans a service road within the airport site. Together with the ramp-like embankments up to the actual bridges, they form the east and west taxiways that connect the 220 hectare site of the Nordwestbahn with the airport. The bridges were built particularly wide in order to be able to see only little of the aircraft from the motorway and thus to avoid unnecessary braking maneuvers and onlookers among the motor vehicle drivers. The passage on the motorway, which is more reminiscent of a tunnel, was equipped with lighting and escape routes. The motorway has four lanes in both directions; if necessary, the hard shoulder can be made the fifth lane. In addition, there is a wide sidewalk in the "bridge tunnel".
Taxiway bridge west 1
The taxiway bridge West 1 is more than 90 meters long and up to 117 meters wide in the taxiway axis.
Taxiway bridge east 1
The taxiway bridge Ost 1 is more than 200 meters long and up to 220 meters wide in the taxiway axis. The bridge called Ost 1 is closer to the terminals.
photos
literature
- Stephan Schmidt, Frank Zierath, Horst Amann, Holger Meyer: The taxiway bridges of the new northwest runway at Frankfurt / Main Airport . (PDF; 2.8 MB) In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau , 2012, Issue 3, pp. 164–174.
- Heinz Steiger, Toralf Zeißler, Markus Bernhard, Holger Meyer: Integral large bridges with flexible abutments Experience in the construction of the East 1 taxiway at Frankfurt Airport . (PDF; 1.3 MB) In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau , 2012, Issue 3, pp. 3–10.
Web links
In the news:
- Building a bridge to the runway - custom work with 90 tons . FAZ.net, May 10, 2010
- Airport expansion - A 3 closed for ten nights . Frankfurter Rundschau , May 5, 2010
- Airport expansion - centimeter work . Frankfurter Rundschau , May 10, 2010
- Above things . Die Welt , May 10, 2010
- A3 closed for ten nights: parts of the bridge for the new runway are being assembled . ( Memento from May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Echo online, May 7, 2010
Only available for subscribers:
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Special about the airport expansion of the Rhein Main Presse (edition: Main-Spitze)
- Building a bridge over the A3: work at Frankfurt Airport is making progress , May 10, 2010
- Bridging over the A3 has begun - construction is underway at Frankfurt Airport , May 8, 2010
- Bridging over the Autobahn - A3 closed for ten days at night , May 7, 2010
- A3 closed for ten nights: assembly of taxiways for new runway , May 6, 2010
No longer available online:
- Assembly of the taxiway bridges over the A3 Published on May 7, 2010
- Building bridges for aircraft started - A3 blocked ( Memento from May 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Handelsblatt , May 7, 2010
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Frankfurter Neue Presse
- The night when the bridge came May 10, 2010
- Nocturnal closures on the A3 May 6, 2010
- Here comes a bridge rolled up May 5, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Taxiway bridges in the course of the north-west airport runway in Frankfurt am Main ( Memento from October 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.0 MB) Krebs + Kiefer
- ^ Groundbreaking ceremony for the new runway . In: Wiesbaden Courier
- ↑ Jochen Remmert: 400 heavy girders over the A3 - On Friday the bridge to the northwest runway at the airport begins. The motorway will be closed for ten nights in order to build the bridges over which planes will roll from next year . FAZ.net, May 5, 2010
- ↑ Extensions: Landebahn Nordwest on fraport.de, accessed August 10, 2013
- ↑ Extensions: Landebahn Nordwest on fraport.de, accessed August 10, 2013