Siekierki Bridge Explained

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Bridge Name:Siekierki Bridge
Official Name:Most Siekierkowski
Locale:Warsaw. Poland
Design:Cable-stayed bridge
Length:500m (1,600feet)
Width:33m (108feet)
Height:87m (285feet)
Complete:2002
Open:September 21, 2002
Toll:Free

Siekierki Bridge (Polish: Most Siekierkowski, pronounced as /pl/) is a cable-stayed bridge bridge over the Vistula river in Warsaw. Poland,[1] connecting its Mokotów, Praga Południe and Wawer districts (Siekierki, Augustówka, Gocław and Las neighborhoods), belonging to a wider expressway route, i.e. Siekierki Way.[2] The bridge is long and 33.380NaN0 wide, with three lanes for vehicles, a pavement and a cycle path each way. The structure is supported by two H-pylons, each 87.070NaN0 high.

The bridge, named after the nearby neighborhood of Siekierki, located on its Western side, was opened for use on September 21, 2002. Until the completion of Anna Jagiellon Bridge in 2020 it had remained Warsaw's southernmost bridge.

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Notes and References

  1. Numerical Modelling of Discrete Materials in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences . M . Lagoda . Monitoring of the new bridge assembling technology . October 2004 . E . D M . T . Watanabe . Frangopol . Utsunomiya . CRC Press . Olaszek . P . First International UDEC/3DEC Symposium . Bochum, Germany . 217 . 978-90-5809-680-7.
  2. Web site: Siekierkowski Bridge (Warsaw, 2002) . Structurae . 2001-12-15 . 2019-10-04.