Bicycle/pedestrian path – Dozza (Bo)

Cable-stayed bicycle/pedestrian path

Location

Dozza (BO)
Designer

Eng. Massimo Majoviecki
Client

Municipality of Bologna
Date

2007
Technical Characteristics

Cable-stayed bridge over motorway, with 100 m clear span. Two "A"-shaped trestles, with a 10 m opening at the base, inclined and contrasted at the centreline, form the main load-bearing system. The variable box sections of the profiles are optimized to follow the stress pattern. The gently curved deck has a minimum width at the centre of 2.5 m, widening to 10 m at the ends. The latter is supported by a system of cables consisting of a series of stays converging at the key and fanning out, which transfer the suspension loads to the centres of the trestles together with the tubular "chains." Assembled by means of launching with motorized trolleys.