Hintze Ribeiro Bridge over Douro River






CONCEPTUAL DESIGN / SERVICES CARRIED OUT
Concrete filled steel circular tubes Ø2,0 m were used for submerged piers embedded in the granitic rock mass and connected at the top level by pile caps executed over floating caissons. The deck is a composite steel-concrete structure and the steel part pas been launched by lift-push method. The precast slabs are in reinforced concrete and are connected among them and to the steel structure with self-compacting concrete.
LOCATION
Entre-os-Rios, Portugal
SERVICE DATE
2002
GENERAL FEATURES
Length: 300 m
Main span: 55 m
Width: 11 m