Mainbrücke Ost/Rampenbauwerk
Honsellstraße, Frankfurt/Main
In an
international design two-stage competition for a new crossing of the river Main
at Frankfurt/Main in Germany, the team Benthem Crouwel Architekten/WTM
Engineers were awarded the third prize.
The design task consisted of a refurbishment and re-integration of an existing
listed steel bridge and the design for a new arched bridge with three lanes for
motorised traffic, as well as bicycle and pedes-trian facilities. The curved
plan of the new bridge finishes the existing street layout on the north bank of
the river. With a span of 160
metres, the single arch-supported structure completes a
hundred year-old ambition to jump the river, on this location just off the city
centre and in direct vicinity to the new European Central Bank headquarters.
The shape of the arch is fully determined by the forces in the bridge system
and the necessity to perforate the bridge deck with the smallest possible
impact to the passing flows from bank to bank.
Client
Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Amt für
Straßenbau und Erschließung
Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architekten
In
cooperation with
WTM Engineers Beratende Ingenieure im Bauwesen
Free span
Mainbrücke Ost
153 metres
Length combination of bridges
502 metres
Competition
2006
