In 2021, Waagner-Biro delivered a 39m long temporary modular bridge (Bailey type) to the small town of Cochrane in the region of Aysén in Chile. Puente Cochrane had remained in service until February 2024, when it was dismantled using a cantilever de-launch methodology. The bridge was removed in only 50 hours using 7 workers. Afterwards the bridge parts were checked and handed over to the local office of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) for further re-use at some other location in the near future.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomMarch 11, 2024WBBS GmbH, WBBS, Panel (Bailey) Bridge

Rental Bridge Kapelln, Austria

From 2021 to 2022, Waagner-Biro Bridge Systems rented out a temporary road bridge to span the Perschling river in Kapelln. The tempoary bridge was used to divert traffic during construction works for an existing road bridge. Waagner-Biro supplied the rental bridge quickly from stock and supervised both its installation and dismantling.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomAugust 18, 2023WBBS, Featured, Panel (Bailey) Bridge, Rental

Rental Footbridge near Munich, Germany

In 2021, Waagner-Biro supplied 2 temporary bridges (rental bridges), 55m each, to a construction site near Munich. The bridge featured a U-frame design based on Waagner-Biro’s successful panel bridge system. The bridge was dismantled in 2023. Waagner-Biro is one of the main suppliers for temporary and modular steel bridging in Europe.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomMay 24, 2023WBBS, Featured, Panel (Bailey) Bridge, Rental

Footbridge with bascule section at Kuchelau Harbour, Vienna, Austria

In 2020 Waagner-Biro supplied a temporary pedestrian bridge for the Kuchelau Harbour in Vienna. It consists of two side spans and a movable medium span. Spanning a total of 70 metres, the bridge provides an alternative route during construction works for an existing road bridge. .

20 January 2021 to provide an alternative route for bicycle and pedestrian traffic during construction works on a road bridge.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomMay 24, 2023WBBS, Featured, Panel (Bailey) Bridge

Oetztal River Construction Site Bridge, Tyrol, Austria

In 2020 Waagner-Biro supplied a temporary bridge to a power station operator in Tyrol, Austria. The bridge had a span of 54.9m and a width of 4.20m. The bridge was in operation from 2020 to 2023.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomMay 22, 2023WBBS, Featured, Panel (Bailey) Bridge

Ferry Boat Landing Bridge Golfito, Costa Rica

In 2020 Waagner-Biro delivered a ferry boat landing bridge (Bailey-type, panel-type passenger boarding bridge) for the new Golfito Municipal Wharf in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The hot-dip galvanized bridge has a span of 24.384m and a width of 3.15m.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomSeptember 8, 2021WBBS, Featured, Panel (Bailey) Bridge

Reconstruction of bridges near Brandýs nad Orlicí

In 2020 Waagner-Biro delivered a 4.20m wide multi-span panel steel bridge (Bailey-type) with a total length of 61.450 metres to serve as temporary replacement bridge during reconstruction of an old road bridge across the Orlice River in the town of Brandýs nad Orlicí. A few months later, in March 2021, a 30.48-metre replacement bridge was built east of Brandýs nad Orlicí.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomSeptember 2, 2021WBBS GmbH, WBBS, Panel (Bailey) Bridge

Allershausen Construction Site Bridge in Germany

In 2019 Waagner-Biro delivered a temporary double-lane 61-metre construction site bridge at the motorway junction of Allershausen, Germany. The panel (Bailey-type) bridge complies with Eurocode EN 1991-2 loading.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomSeptember 1, 2021WBBS, Featured, Panel (Bailey) Bridge

Cementing relations in Guatemala

In 2019, Waagner-Biro delivered an 88-metre multi-span junction panel bridge located west of Guatemala City. The bridge is designed to support heavy-goods vehicle traffic and rests on 25m high steel piers.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomSeptember 1, 2021Puente de General ViejoWBBS GmbH, WBBS, Panel (Bailey) Bridge

Modular Bridge General Viejo, Costa Rica

Waagner-Biro’s longest single-span modular steel bridge is located on the National Route 321 across the General Viejo River in Costa Rica. The double-lane bridge has a free span of 121.5m and reaches a height of 11m. A 1.5m wide walkway provides a safe crossing of the river for pedestrians.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomAugust 4, 2021Puente de General ViejoWBBS GmbH, Modular Bridge, WBBS

Pipeline Bridge for Gabersdorf

The pipeline suspension bridge with Y-shaped towers in Gabersdorf was built according to a patent by Waagner Biro. It has a span of 80m and can be crossed by foot on a catwalk. It was completed in 1991.

ReferenceGuenter PrinesdomApril 7, 2021WBBS, Pipeline Bridge