Illustration of future brigde : Tor Sponga Hardanger Bridge Contract Period Hardanger Bridge is part of the major road Rv7 between 1994-1997 Oslo and Bergen, and crosses the Hardanger Fjord. 2007-2008 A preliminary project was carried out by Norwegian Public Roads Administration in the period between 1994 Completion and 1997. Aas-Jakobsen was then responsible for the 2011 preliminary design of steel bridge girder and the Construction cost hangers with clamps. NOK 1300 mill The bridge is presently being detailed design and will be Services rendered built in the period 2008 to 2011. When completed it will • Preliminary design be the longest suspension bridge in Norway. The bridge • Independent verification of has a main span on 1310 m and a ship sailing clearance detailed design of 55 m. The bridge has two vehicle lanes and one pedestrian lane. The bridge has concrete pylons and an Client Norwegian Public Roads aerodynamic closed bridge girder. The main cables are Administration made by arial spinning and are anchored in rock. The side spans are concrete viaducts, thus there are no side span hangers. The detailed design is carried out by the Bridge Department of the Directorate of Public Roads. Aas-Jakobsen is engaged to perform the independent 3rd party verification of all analyses, design and tender documents. Hardanger Bridge, cont’d Materials: Geometry: Concrete pylons: B45 Main span: 1310 m Steel box girder: S355 Total length: 1373 m Cable wire: 1570 MPa Pylon height: 201,5 m Ship Channel: B x H = 300 x 55 m Bridge girder vert, radius: 20.000 m Bridge girder width: 18,3 m Bridge girder height: 3,25 m Main span sag/span ratio: 1:10,8 Main cable diameter: 600 mm .