Specially for VFR flying Netherlands.

Utrecht Landmarks.

 

Galecopperbrug

The Galecopper Bridge is a steel cable-stayed bridge over the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal near the city of Utrecht. The bridge actually consists of two parts, the first part of which was opened in 1971 and the second part in 1976. The bridge functions as part of the A12 motorway and replaced an arch bridge from 1936. The old bridge was moved about 2 km to the northwest and still spans the same canal like De Meernbrug and now functions as the main approach route to the center of Utrecht.

 

In 1971 the National Steel Prize was awarded to the Galecopper Bridge. The bridge is 240 meters long with a main span of 180 meters. In fact, they are two bridges that are parallel, but slightly offset from each other because the bridge crosses the canal at an angle. The second half was not built until after the old arch bridge was moved and opened in 1976. [2]

 

The bridge has a total of 12 lanes: per direction there are two carriageways of 3 lanes each, so this bridge has a significantly greater capacity than its predecessor, which had two lanes per direction.

 

Maintenance

Maintenance was carried out on the bridge in the period between 2013 and 2015. [3] [4] The carriageways were given a driving deck of reinforced concrete and the bridge was jacked up to give 70 cm more clearance height so that the bridge complies with the 9.10 meter Rhine vertical clearance. [5] During the renovation, the expansion joints, the steel connections between the bridge and the road surface, came under extra pressure. Replacement of these joints began in September 2019.

(source Wikipedia)

 

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