HIGH SPEED RAIL CABLE STAYED BRIDGE – ITALY

The high speed rail cable bridge features three spans of 104m, 192m and 104m, the main one being the longest in the world operated at speed up to 300 km/h, 360 km/h being the design target.

The new high Speed  railway connecting Milan and Bologna crosses the Po river near Piacenza.

  • Date: 2004
  • Location: San Rocco Al Porto, Lombardy, Italy
  • Category: Bridge formwork system
  • Investor:

CAD 2000 MLS International Engineering has developed:

Steel formwork for:

  • cabled stayed deck slab pier head ;
  • Cantilever form Traveller;
  • Derrick lifting system.

engineering and technical supervision.

  • main span 192m;
  • lenght of side spans 2x104m;
  • deck type: triple cell reinforced concrete;
  • deck width 16 m;
  • deck segments lenght 4,5 m;
  • deck segments weight 25o ton.