How much did the Rion Antirion bridge cost?

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How much did the Rion Antirion bridge cost?

How much did the Rion Antirion bridge cost?

The total cost of the bridge was about €630 million, funded by Greek state funds, the consortium and loans by the European Investment Bank. It was finished ahead of its original schedule, which had foreseen completion between September and November 2004, and within budget.

Why is the bridge built in Greece call the earthquake proof bridge?

Because of the high seismic activity in the area, the Rion-Antirion Bridge required seabed reinforcement via 200 hollow steel pipes (for each pier) driven into the seabed and topped with gravel. A 27.2m-wide deck contains two traffic lanes plus a safety lane and pedestrian walkway in both the directions.

How long did it take to build the Rio Antirrio Bridge?

Construction started in 1998 and opened just before the Summer Olympics in Athens in 2004. The bridge has reduced the travel time from 45 minutes that the ferries use to 5 minutes. The Rio – Antirrio bridge is 2880 meters long and the three largest spans are 560 meters....Rio–Antirrio bridge.
Length2 880 m
Longest span560 m
Width27 m
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How deep is the gravel bedding as the footing of the Rio Antirrio Bridge?

They are topped by a 3 m thick, properly levelled gravel layer, on which the foundations rest.

When was the Rion Antirion bridge built?

1999 Pont Rion-Antirion/Début de la construction

Where is the Rion antirion located?

Antirrio Rio Pont Rion-Antirion/Lieu

How long is the Rion Antirion bridge?

2,880 m Pont Rion-Antirion/Longueur totale

Is Rio in Greece?

Rio (Greek: Ρίο, Río, formerly Ῥίον, Rhíon; Latin: Rhium) is a town in the suburbs of Patras and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece....Rio, Greece.
Rio Ρίο
Administrative regionWest Greece
Regional unitAchaea
MunicipalityPatras
Municipal unit98.983 km2 (38.218 sq mi)
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Where are cable stayed bridges located?

1.3. 8.5 Cable-Stayed Bridges
RankNameLocation
1Russky BridgeVladivostok
2Sutong BridgeSuzhou-Nantong
3Stonecutters BridgeTsing Yi-Stonecutters Island
4E'dong BridgeHuangshi
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Where are the longest bridges in the world?

The world's longest bridge is the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in China, part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. The bridge, which opened in June 2011, spans 102.4 miles (165 kilometers).

What is the Rion-Antirion Bridge?

  • The Rion-Antirion Bridge, located in the Gulf of Corinth, provides a fixed link between the Peloponnesus and Continental Greece over a stretch of water 2,500m wide. A multi-span, cable stay bridge with a continuous suspended deck of 2.252km, the bridge comprises:

What is the critical wind speed required for the Rion-Antirion Bridge?

  • For the Rion-Antirion Bridge, the specifications required the critical wind speed for flutter instability to be higher than 74 m/sec, and that vortex shedding does not occur for speeds between 0 to 53 m/sec. In addition, the bridge is capable of withstanding the impact from an 180,000 dwt tanker sailing at 16 knots.

Can the Rion-Antirion Bridge withstand an earthquake like the Izmit earthquake?

  • Due to the strong seismic activity in the area the Rion-Antirion Bridge needed to be able to withstand an earthquake comparable to the Izmit earthquake which measured 7.4 on the Richter Scale (the South Rion coast drifts several millimetres away from the North Antirion coast every year).

How long does it take to cross the Strait of Rion?

  • Formerly, crossing the Strait required the use of supply vessels and ferries and 45 minutes. The Rion-Antirion Bridge reduces travel time from one shore to the other from 45 minutes to a mere 5 minutes.

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