Öresund bridge repainted – 13 years – Aftonbladet

Traffic. Weather and wind tearing at the 16-year-old bridge between Zealand and Skåne – in a few years will Öresund bridge repainted.

Area: 300,000 square meters. Duration: 13 years. Cost: 320 million.

It is a zig-zag structure that surrounds tågdäcket that need new paint. First, the south side is painted in the years 2019-2023. Since the north side from 2024 to 2028. And so the underside of course – starting in 2028. Plus repair paintings in parallel. First year 2032 is expected throughout construction have regained its color.

– The reason that the bridge is painted is partly aesthetic, but it is above all to maintain corrosion protection so that the bridge does not rust, says Bengt Hergart, facility director at the Öresund Bridge Consortium, said.

Two stocks

in the manufacture painted the so-called steel truss with five layers of paint before the sections of between 120 and 140 meters, was added in place. Now, two new coating layer is painted on.

But it’s not only stand out on the bridge with a brush at the ready. Unlike the first painting made on land should now respond to the railway where trains pass at high speed, a highway where the cars whizzing past, and a high-voltage line.

– this is a great measure to us. Both access, traffic and weather makes it a greater challenge than before, says Hergart.

repainting is a costly affair, but Öresundsbrokonsortiet have planned and budgeted for whole. Therefore, repainting does not affect the consortium’s finances or prices for people who travel over the bridge, according Hergart.

Many millions

It is expected to re-invest 4.4 billion over the Öresund Bridge first 55 years in operation.

– measures relating to steel and concrete is the item that costs most on the bridge over the whole lifetime. These measures account for about 25 percent of the total maintenance cost, says Bengt Hergart.

This painting round is believed to cost between 320 and 385 million.

– Then you have both developed a good working method and partly completed repainting. The small’re buying paint, says Bengt Hergart.

FACTS

Bridge artificial island and tunnel

Oresund connection …

– consists of a 7.8 km long bridge, the 4 km long island Pepparholm, a 3.5 km tunnel under Drogden and a 430 meter long artificial peninsula outside Kastrup.

– a kilometer long high bridge hanging 80 pairs of cables, suspended from the 204 meter high bropyloner.

– a four-lane highway on the bridge “above floor” with a bidirectional rail underneath. The Öresund trains going in each direction every twenty minutes.

– construction began in 1993 with the Danish landfalls. The last bridge span came on the scene in 1999 and 1 July 2000 was inaugurated the connection.

Source: Öresund Bridge

1 August 2016 16:25