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s0001110 |
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10/19/00 |
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02/02/05 |
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| Part of structure | Description | Value |
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| deck |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
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| piers |
reinforced concrete
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total length |
2 880.400 m |
| deck |
deck depth |
2.82 m | | |
deck width |
27.2 m |
| main bridge |
main span |
560 m | | |
span lengths |
286 m - 3 x 560 m - 286 m | | |
length of main bridge |
2 252 m |
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| 1880
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| Harilaos Trikoupis, then prime minister of Greece, is among the first to imagine a link at this location. |
| 21 May 2004
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| The last piece of the deck is mounted. |
| Night of 7 August 2004 - 8 August 2004
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| In a grand ceremony including major fireworks, the bridge is officially inaugurated. |
| 8 August 2004
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| Irina Szewinska from Poland and winner at the olympic games in Montreal and Mexico, Otto Rehagel, coach of the Greek soccer team that won the Euro 2004 championship, and Stratos Apostolakis, coach of the Greek Olympic soccer team, carry the Olympic flame across the bridge on its way to Athens for the Summer Olympics. |
| 12 August 2004
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| The bridge is opened to traffic. |
| 28 January 2005
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| One of the cables catches fire, possibly after being hit by lightning. The bridge is closed to traffic indefinitely in order to assess the damage. |
| 1 February 2005
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| The bridge is re-opened to traffic, though use is limited to a single lane until the damage to the cable-stay has been repaired. |
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The concessionaire Gefyra is composed of:
- Vinci (53%)
- J&P Hellas (11,2%)
- TEV (7,74%)
- Helleniki Technodomiki (7,74%)
- Athena (7,74%)
- Proodeftiki (7,74%)
- Sarandopoulos (7,74%)
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Financing:
- Greek Government: 43%
- European Investment Bank: 47%
- Stock holder capital: 10%
Expected traffic: 11 000 vehicles/day |
Duration of construction: 5 years
Length of the concession: 42 years |
| The bridge is designed to withstand earthquakes of 7.5 on the Richter scale. |
Toll rates:
- Pedestrians and bicycles: free
- motorbicycles 1.50 €
- cars 9.70 €
- trucks 15.00 - 44,00 € (depending to the type of truck)
- buses 23.50 € (-20 seats)
- buses 33.50 € (20-40 seats)
- buses 51.00 € (40+ seats)
(as Structurae is not affiliated with the concessionaire, this information is without guarantee) |
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Firm foundations, in
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Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 70-71.
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Olympian effort, in
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Opening with a bang, in
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Le pont de Rion-Antirion, in
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Rion rising, in
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Vinci - Un pont chez Poséidon, Editions Textuel, Paris (France) , ISBN 2952076928, 2004.
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Beideler, Julien Le pont de Rion-Antirion. Un défi à Poséidon, in
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Beideler, Julien Pont de Rion-Antirion: suspension de haute volée pour le tablier, in
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Beideler, Julien Rion-Antirion: pari gagné, in
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Beideler, Julien Le tablier de Rion-Antirion est achevé, in
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Donnaes, Philippe Rion-Antirion: le nouveau titan grec, in
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Fobo, Wolfgang Good reserves, in
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Gernigon, Patrick Etudes aérodynamiques, in
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Hervé, Jérôme Pont Rion-Antirion, in
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Infanti, Samuele Protective measures, in
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Infanti, Samuele Rion-Antirion Bridge, presented at fib Symposium 2003 "Concrete structures in seismic regions", Athens, Greece, 6-9/05/2003.
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Jacquot-Preaux, Claude Les pylônes du pont principal. Travailler en sécurité à 165 m au-dessus du niveau de la mer, in
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Kakuta, Takahiro The latest cases of innovative projects in Europe, in
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Lefebvre, Renaud Spanning Poseidon's Realm, France , ISBN 2952076936.
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Lemaire, Fabrice Le tablier du pont principal, in
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Marchetti, M. Adjustment of the Rion-Antirion Cable-Stayed Bridge, presented at 1st FIG International Symposium on Engineering Surveys for
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Mikaelian, Berdj Le parti architectural, in
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Morand, Pierre La construction des piles du pont de Rion-Antirion en Grèce, in
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Morand, Pierre Les travaux maritimes, in
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Narboni, Roger La mise en lumière du pont. Une mise en scène nocturne mystérieuse et onirique, in
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Pecker, Alain Les fondations. Problèmes géotechniques, in
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Russell, Helena Greek triumph, in
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Scheuch, Gerhard Projekt der Peleponnes-Brücke Rion-Antirion, in
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Teyssandier, Jean-Paul Avant-propos, in
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Teyssandier, Jean-Paul Genèse du projet, in
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Torres Arcila, Martha Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico) , ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 514-519.
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Tourtois, Jean-Marc Conception du pont de Rion-Antirion, presented at VIIème Colloque National AFPS, Ecole Polytechnique, France, 1-3.7.2003.
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Tourtois, Jean-Marc Conception et études d'exécution, in
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Tourtois, Jean-Marc Etude de la vibration des haubans, in
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Tourtois, Jean-Marc Pont de Rion-Antirion, presented at Montreal Structural Engineers Lectures, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montreal, 2.5.2001.
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