Kömürhan Bridge

Kömürhan Bridge
Kömürhan Köprüsü
Coordinates 38°26′26″N 38°49′06″E / 38.44068°N 38.81847°E / 38.44068; 38.81847Coordinates: 38°26′26″N 38°49′06″E / 38.44068°N 38.81847°E / 38.44068; 38.81847
Carries D-300
Crosses Euphrates
History
Constructed by STFA Group
Construction start 23 February 1983
Opened 8 April 1986
Replaces Old Kömürhan Bridge
Kömürhan Bridge
Location of the Kömürhan Bridge in Turkey

The Kömürhan Bridge is a box-girder bridge[1] that carries the Elazığ-Malatya highway D-300 over the Firat River in eastern Turkey.[2] It was constructed using the balanced cantilever technique.[1][3]

The bridge was constructed to replace an arch bridge built by the Swedish company Nydqvist & Holm AB and opened on 5 October 1932, which was flooded with the completion of the Karakaya Dam. The new bridge was built by the STFA Group between 23 February 1983 and 8 April 1986.[3][4]

It features in the "50 works in 50 years" list of significant building projects in Turkey published by the Chamber of Civil Engineers in Turkey.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Bayraktar, A.; Altunişik, A. C.; Sevim, B.; Türker, T.; Domaniç, A.; Taş, Y. (2009). "Vibration Characteristics of Kömürhan Highway Bridge Constructed with Balanced Cantilever Method". Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. 23: 90. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2009)23:2(90).
  2. ↑ Mitchell, M. R.; Link, R. E.; Bayraktar, A.; Altunişik, A. C.; Sevim, B.; Türker, T. (2010). "Earthquake Behaviour of Kömürhan Highway Bridge Using a Validated Finite Element Model". Journal of Testing and Evaluation. 38 (4): 102102. doi:10.1520/JTE102102.
  3. 1 2 "Milestones". STFA. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  4. ↑ Toğrulca, Orhan. "Kömürhan Köprüsü". Malatya haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  5. ↑ "50 yılda 50 eser" (in Turkish). hhportal.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.


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