It has a suspended deck of 7,388 feet 2252 m, four pylons and five spans totaling 1,837 feet 560 m. Colorful spring view of the gulf of corinth, greece, europe. Rion antirion bridge, greece concept, construction and analysis. Sunny morning panorama rionantirion bridge colorful stock. Iabse symposium, large structures and infrastructures for environmentally constrained and urbanised areas, venice, 2224 september. Design and construction of rion antirion charilaos trikoupis bridge. Rion antirion bridge, greece concept, construction and. It crosses the gulf of corinth near patras, linking the town of rio on the peloponnese peninsula to antirrio on mainland greece by road.
The project is located in rion and antirion, aetoloacarnania, aitoliaacarnania, west greece, greece. For the rion antirion bridge, the situation was in fact more critical than usual, due to several factors. Protection strategy applied on the rionantirion bridge project l. Attiki odos, rion antirion bridge, olympia odos etc. Initially a brief overview of the project is presented followed by a discussion of the major design and construction issues. Infanti, samuele papanikolas, panayotis stathopoulosvlamis, aris 2010. Achieving the impossible with the rionantirion bridge the rion antirion bridge had to overcome an exceptional combination of adverse environmental conditions. There is also provision for the gradual widening of the strait over the lifetime of the bridge. Antirion bridge crosses the gulf of corinth near patras in western greece. A blend of design and construction innovation gregory l. Papanikolas technical manager, rionantirion project s. The deck of the multispan cable stay bridge is continuous and fully suspended for its total. National geographic rio antirio bridge in greece youtube. You really seem more informed, so perhaps you can you explain.
Rioantirrio bridge is a motorway bridge freeway bridge, multiplespan cablestayed bridge, cablestayed bridge with semifan system and steelreinforced concrete composite bridge that was built from 1999 until 2004. This page was last edited on 11 november 2017, at 16. The worlds longest cablestayed bridge was built in greece between 1998 and 2004 to augment one of the oldest ferry systems in europe. The rion antirion bridge is a large multi span cablestayed bridge located in patras, greece. The rionantirion bridge in greece, which was first opened to traffic in august 2004, was the product of a sevenyear construction project from 1998 to 2004 including a two year preparation period 19981999 and a fiveyear building period 20002004 and resulted in the worlds longest cablestayed bridge. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Rionantirion bridge vinci construction grands projets. The rioantirrio bridge, officially the charilaos trikoupis bridge, is one of the worlds longest. The rion antirion bridge over the gulf of corinth in greece is located in a zone of difficult environmental conditions characterized by deep soil strata of weak alluviums, large water depth, strong seismic design motion and possible tectonic movements. Pdf rion antirion bridge, greece concept, design, and. Corinth connecting the peloponnese with mainland greece. It is located in greece, near patras, will constitute a fixed link between the peloponese and the continent across the western end of the gulf of. Management of important infrastructure such as rion antirion bridge is assisted by a smart structural health monitoring system during operation period 2004present a number of special events occurred, which were successfully recorded and analyzed thanks to the monitoring system records strong wind events earthquake events.
The rion antirion project icrr spring convention 2016 locatedin the western end of the gulf of corinth in greece, the rion antirion bridge links the peloponnese to the greek mainland. The official name of the rionantirion bridge is the harilaos trikoupis bridge, in honor of harilaos trikoupis, a 19th century greek prime minister who was the first to suggest the idea of building a bridge between rion and antirion, across the corinthian gulf. Pdf opened to traffic in august 2004, the rionantirion bridge crosses the gulf of corinth near patras in western greece. Harikiopoulou cordova design coordinator for concrete and geotechnics, rion antirion project p. View of the bridge pier, currently under construction, that is currently floating near the coast. Pdf the rionantirion bridge, design and construction. It is a mega structure, measuring 2,880m long from end to end and 28 m wide, it has the longest continuous cablestayed, fully suspended deck in the world 2,252 m in length. Pdf the rionantirion bridgewhen a dream becomes reality. Rion antirion project name rion antirion bridge, greece client gefyra s.
The rion antirion bridge is a four span stay cabled bridge with total length equal to 2252. The bridge experience is a multiday celebration of sports, culture and community outreach, including swimming, running and cycling. The bridge has to accomodate possible fault movements which could lead to a 2 m vertical and. Rioantirrio bridge charilaos trikoupis 2020 all you. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. Analysing the case of rionantirrion bridge through the lenses of a redefined notion of mutp success kaparos, george 12th wctr, july 1115, 2010 lisbon, portugal 2. The rionantirion bridge is truly an architectural and engineering marvel.
The rionantirion bridge, seismic regions, athens, greece. The rion antirion bridge features four pylons made of. Management of important infrastructure such as rion antirion bridge is assisted by a smart structural health monitoring system during operation period 2004present a number of special events occurred, which were successfully recorded and analyzed thanks to the. View a detailed profile of the structure 322836 including further data and descriptions in the emporis database. The rion antirion bridge is located in the region of western greece and crosses the gulf of corinth connecting the peloponnese with mainland greece. Achieving the impossible with the rionantirion bridge. Submitted to the department of civil and environmental engineering. The design criteria, concept, and construction of rion antirion bridge, greece, are discussed. Analysing the case of rion antirrion bridge through the lenses of a redefined notion of mutp success kaparos, george 12th wctr, july 1115, 2010 lisbon, portugal 2. Jacques combault, technical advisor, montesson, france.
Papanikolas kinopraxia gefyra, antirion aetoloacamanias, greece abstract the design and construction challenges of the rion antirion bridge are strongly related to the environmental conditions. The rion antirion bridge will be the longest cable stayed bridge in the world with a continuous deck of 2,250 meters. It consists of an impressive multi cable stayed span bridge connected to the land by. The rion antirion bridge is truly an architectural and engineering marvel. The rion antirion bridge will cross the gulf of corinth near patras, in western greece. Pdf design and construction of the rion antirion bridge. See all 12 rioantirrio bridge charilaos trikoupis tours on tripadvisor. The rionantirion bridge greece is located in a zone of difficult environmental conditions characterised by deep soil strata of weak alluviums, large depth of. Protection strategy applied on the rion antirion bridge project l. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Assembly and installation of the bridges steel deck.
The competition commission rejected the bid from the consortium rion antirion greekdutch led by boskalis and parnon as inconsistent with the terms of the tender, because they proposed a tunnel, while the tender requirements were for either a high or a floating bridge. If interested in using one of these systems, we study in detail any linked site. In all cablestayed bridge projects, adjustment procedures represent a major topic, which requires a rigorous preparation and a careful attention, in order to achieve satisfactory results, both from quality and productivity standpoints. The bridge was opened by the olympic flame and is the longest cablestayed bridge in the world with a suspended deck of 2252 m and has a reference span of 560 m. Rio antirrio bridge challenging earthquakes youtube.
It is held on and around the rion antirion bridge which connects the peloponnese with mainland greece. The bridge decking is connected to the pylons using jacks and dampers to absorb movement. Papanikolas technical manager, rion antirion project s. The behavior of rion antirion bridge seismic protection system during the earthquake of achaiailia on june 8, 2008. Leventis langan international, new york, new york ralph b. The contract was awarded to gefyra on the 3rd of january 1996. The rionantirion bridge is located in the region of western greece and crosses the gulf of. Rionantirion bridge project international federation of. The rion antirion bridge in greece, which was first opened to traffic in august 2004, was the product of a sevenyear construction project from 1998 to 2004 including a two year preparation period 19981999 and a fiveyear building period 20002004 and resulted in the worlds longest cablestayed bridge. Peak season bad weather conditions rion antirion bridge links the west motorway network of greece connecting significant ports crossing time through bridge dropped to less than 5 min regardless of weather conditions. These are the files of my project for the maker faire rome call for makers. It consists mainly of a very impressive multi cablestayed span bridge. Rion antirion bridge links the peloponnese southern greece to the greek mainland across the western end of the gulf of corinth to the north of the town of patras.
The rion antirion bridge greece is located in a zone of difficult environmental conditions characterised by deep soil strata of weak alluviums, large depth of water and strong seismic design motion. This case study looks at the innovative designs and some of the major construction features of the rion antrion bridge, which connects mainland greece to the peloponnesus. In this thesis, the case of the rion antirion bridge is presented, a megaproject which is currently under construction in greece and which upon completion, will constitute the longest cablestayed bridge in the world. The forming of the rionantirion bridge pylon is similar as the forming of the legs of troll a slip forming method. The rion antirion crossing consists of a main bridge,2252 m long and 27,20 m wide, and two approaches, respectively 392 m and 239 m long,one on each side of the corinth strait. The rion antirion bridge project is a bot contract granted by the greek government to a consortium led by the french company vinci construction formerly dumezgtm. The rionantirion multispan cablestayed bridge sciencedirect. The bridge links the towns of rion at the outskirts of the city of patras prefecture of achaia, south coast and antirion prefecture of aitoloakarnania, north coast see figure 3. It is meant to show how 3d printing can be used in engineering, especially civil engineering, to create replicas and models that allow the teacher to explain the design principles that make a structure earthquake and windproof. Harikiopoulou cordova design coordinator for concrete and geotechnics, rionantirion project p. Linking the peloponnese to mainland greece via the strait of corinth was a dream that many projects failed to achieve until the construction of the charilaos trikoupis rion antirion cablestayed bridge, a major technical achievement. A sevenyear construction project from 1998 to 2004 including a two year preparation period 19981999 and a fiveyear building period 20002004 resulted in the worlds longest cablestayed bridge. There can be advantages greek interoperable systems tolling use on highways attiki odos, aegean motorway, moreas, olympia odos and when crossing the bridge rionantirion.
Biesiadecki langan engineering and environmental services, p. The rionantirion bridgewhen a dream becomes reality. Rion antirion crossing time through ferries could exceed 45 min and significant traffic jams were experienced during. The rion antirion bridge greece is located in a zone of difficult environmental conditions characterised by deep soil strata of weak alluviums, large depth of. Jul 26, 2016 the rion antirion bridge greece is located in a zone of difficult environmental conditions characterised by deep soil strata of weak alluviums, large depth of water and strong seismic design motion. The rioantirrio bridge or charilaos trikoupis bridge is the longest cablestayed bridge in the world with a length of 2253 meters, completed in 2004 between rio and antirio and connects the peloponnese with western mainland greece charilaos trikoupis 11 july 183230 march 1896 was a greek diplomat, politician and prime minister. The rion antirion bridge received the outstanding structure award for being a monumental bridge over a demanding route with significant foundation and challenges executed with strength and grace. The rionantirion bridge, that crosses the homonymous strait in greece, is located in a very active seismic region. T he main bridge is located in an exceptional environment which consists of deep water 65m, deep soil strata consisting of weak alluvium the bedrock being probably. Lykoudis laboratory manager, rion antirion project. Rion antirion bridge in greece, which was first opened to traffic on august 2004. Views of the piers, in the dry dock, floating, in place and of their interior. The rion antirion bridge is exemplar in that respect. Design and construction of rion antirion charilaos.
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