Location: Antwerp
Discipline: Civil engineering & infrastructure
Period: 2008 - 2011
Road and tram bridge Noorderlaan Antwerp
End of study on Noorderlaan bridges
January 2011
End of phase 1: commissioning of the road bridge
July 2009
Anchoring of middle span of road bridge
January 2009
Final assembly of road bridges in the workshop
November 2008
Start of study on Noorderlaan bridges
January 2008
The first bridges to be tackled within this Master Plan are the Noorderlaan bridges in Antwerp. By working in phases, any inconvenience caused to road and waterway users was minimised. The new Noorderlaan bridge consists of 2 separate bridges: one for car traffic and one for public transport. Both bridges are mixed steel concrete bridges with steel substructures, which rest on 6 steel pillars.
The car bridge is the largest bridge and has 2 lanes in each direction. This bridge will be placed on the western side (the Straatsburgdok side). On the eastern side (Ring side) there will be a bridge for public transport, with one lane in each direction and for both buses and trams. For pedestrians and cyclists there will be a foot and cycle path in both directions.
The total length per bridge is approx. 177 metres, divided into a central span of approx. 80 metres across the Albert Canal and a side span of 50 metres each across each bank of the canal.
SBE provided the entire implementation study for both bridges, from the overall to the detailed calculations as well as overview plans of all components.
