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Luisa Häuser Bridge Germany

TDV was approached by EHS Consulting Engineers, Germany, to assist in this project.

Luisa Häuser is a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over River Lahn in Marburg, Germany. It is a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with total length of 56 m and with main span 48 m long. The deck width is 3.5 m and the deck slab thickness is 20 cm. The suspenders are steel wire, the pylons steel and the deck slab is reinforced concrete.

Luisa Häuser Bridge, Suspension Bridge

Contract:
- Luisa Häuser Bridge, Germany
Owner:
- Bauherr - IVG Investoestorengemeinschaft Schlachthof-Luisabad
Consultant:
- EHS Consulting Engineers, Germany
State of Construction:
- Completed 1998
TDV Involvement:
- Non linear behaviour of staying cables
- Large deflections
- Dynamics
- Graphical representation of results