The art of suspension

摘要

The Weichsel Bridge is Warsaw's first suspension bridge and an important infrastructural development for Poland's capital city. The Weichsel Bridge in Warsaw, Poland, comprises a 490 m long and 30.8 m wide composite design in structural steel and concrete. The Polish capital's first suspension bridge, this will link Praski on the east bank with Warsaw on the west. The focal point of the future four lane artery is an 87 m high pylon. At a height of +60 m, the two pylon legs inclined at 78° merge into a single 27 m high vertical column. Numerous cast-in steel components, which eventually accept the tension cables, have to be taken into account for this member.