The world's strongest panel bridges built by Waagner-Biro
Facts and Figures:
Place/Country: Annaba/Algeria
Completion: 2010
Project type: Panel Bridge
Client: Iberdrola, Spain
Description:
Waagner-Biro annually delivers many panel bridges (Bailey-type bridges) to regions of the world that have poor infrastructure. In 2010, the company completed a special mission in Algeria which led to the installation of the strongest panel bridges in the world. To construct a thermal power station, turbines and transformers, each weighing several tonnes, had to be transported to the site of the power station. The existing infrastructure of bridges was simply not designed for these loads. As the timetable was too short to strengthen the available infrastructure, three panel bridges, able to bear the weight of the loads on the heavy-goods transporters, were ordered from Waagner-Biro.
By positioning three standard panels in a line next to each other and stacking up to four rows of panels on top of them, the bridge’s required bearing capacity of 512 tonnes was achieved. Using this method, there was no delay in either the construction of the strongest panel bridge in the world or in the completion of the power station. Work on the longest bridge, which measured 67m, was completed in only four weeks.
