Bridge HST,
Hollandsch Diep
The High Speed Train (HST)
line’s longest bridge is the one for the crossing at Hollandsch Diep south of Dordrecht. Trains travelling
at 300 kilometres
per hour will take 13 seconds to pass over this broad expanse of water. The bridge
is sited between two existing bridges, directly adjacent to the one for
normal-speed trains. So the view from the other, for road traffic, is of the
interplay between these two railway bridges. The new bridge is held aloft by a
structure of open V-shaped piers whose positions exactly correspond to those of
its neighbour. A flowing arch at its centre elevates the newcomer above its
older companion.
Client
Projectorganisatie
HSL Zuid
Architect
Benthem
Crouwel Architekten
In
cooperation with
Ove Arup & Partners Denmark
A/S
Length
1200
meter
Start
design
1998
Start
construction
2003
Completion
2006
