VISIT TO VARIOUS SITES AND FACTORIES AT GERMANY IN CONNECTION WITH BOGIBEEL BRIDGE ACROSS RIVER BRAHAMPUTRA Brief about Bogibeel Bridge • Bogibeel Rail-cum-Road Bridge is fully welded steel truss with length of 4.94 km ( 39 X 125m + 2 X 32.75m), it will also be the longest Rail-cum-Road Bridge in India. • It will have Double line BG tracks and Three lanes road at the top deck . • All steel design fabrication is as per Euro Standards. • Superstructure of Bogibeel Bridge is designed by M/s RITES- Ramboll and executed by M/s HCC-DSD-VNR Consortium. • Visit to Bridge sites in Europe is part of training program incorporated in the Contract for better understanding of the intricacies of fabrication and Launching of welded girders. • Railway officials from various Railways, RDSO, Board and IRICEN visited Germany as part of this training program. Visit to Rail Bridge and Pedestrian Bridge at Deggendorf. Rail Bridge at Deggendorf. Pedestrian Bridge at Deggendorf.

Highlights

• Both are side by side on the River Danube. • Both are Fully Welded Continuous span Bridges. • Foot Bridge is very aesthetically pleasing with beautiful curves and slender design. • For both bridges, components were fabricated in China and assembled at bridge site. • Span of Rail Bridge: 84m + 95.5m + 106m + 106m +74.5m Visit to Maurer Sohne factory at Munich • It is one of the largest manufacturer of Bridge Bearings and Expansion Joints in the World.

• In Bogibeel Bridge, Spherical bearings are being used and being supplied from this company.

BASE PLATE PTFE DISC WITH RECESSES SPHERICAL CAP

ANOTHER PTFE DISC ON SPHERICAL CAP ASSEMBLY IN PROGRESS

EXPANSION JOINT FOR A ROAD BRIDGE

Visit to Magdeburg ( Bridge over river) and shiplock Steel Aqueduct

EAST GERMANY

WEST GERMANY SALIENT FEATURES • Connect -Havel canal ( Eastern side) to (Western side) Across Elbe River • Longest Navigable Aqueduct in the World • Length 918m ( 228 m across river) • Main Span: 106m • Width : 34 m • Water Depth: 4.25m • Construction Period: 1997 to 2003 • Commissioning: 2003 • Steel: 24000 MT • Concrete 68000 CuM MAIN SPAN

INSPECTION GALLERY

Visit to Niesky, Saxony

• Subsidiary fabrication workshop of DSD. • Workshop established in 1934. • Fabrication capacity 10,000 Tonnes per annum and total staff about 200. • Fabricated many bridges in Germany

Visit to Berlin Railway Station

• World Class Station with Integrated Planning

• Aesthetically very beautiful from both Outside as well as inside

• Integrated various modes of at one place

PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME BRIDGES & STRUCTURES SEEN IN GERMANY DURING TRAVELLING

HAMBURG STATION

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