Harpe bru
| Company | PNC Norge Infrastructure and JV Partner Implenia GmbH |
| Principal | AF Gruppen Norge AS for Statens Vegvesen |
| Location | Harpefoss, Innlandet - Norway |
| Type | Bridge building |
| Runtime | 03.2014 - 12.2016 |
First of its kind in Scandinavia
In this joint venture, PNC was responsible for the construction of Harpe bridge, which is the first of its kind in Scandinavia. Considering the large trout spawning grounds the bridge should not have more than two pillars in the river. The choice fell on a hybrid bridge, or a so-called extradosed bridge.
This is a combination of sloping cable bridge and prestressed beam bridge, but with a lower tower height and a softer angle on the towers. The bridge was built as free cantilever from each tower axis, while the side span was built on scaffolding. The bridge with four lanes is part of the E6 and 324m long.
Harpe bridge is Scandinavia’s first hybrid, or extradosed, bridge.
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For the superstructure, a balanced cantilevered solution was developed.
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The largest section of the bridge is around 100m and is placed over the middle of the river between the two pylons.
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Four lanes with a length of 324m each keeping the traffic flowing over the Gudbrandsdalen Lågen River.
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The extradosed cable-stayed bridge design combines a cable-stayed bridge’s load-bearing behaviour with that of a girder bridge.
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