The Kömürhan Bridge, also known as the İsmet Paşa Bridge, is a box-girder bridge[1] that carries the Elazığ-Malatya highway D.300 over the Euphrates River in eastern Turkey.[2] It was constructed using the balanced cantilever technique.[1][3]
Kömürhan Bridge Kömürhan Köprüsü | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°26′26″N 38°49′06″E / 38.44068°N 38.81847°E |
| Carries |  D.300 |
| Crosses | Euphrates |
| Official name | Kömürhan Köprüsü |
| Other name(s) | İsmet Paşa Köprüsü |
| History | |
| Constructed by | STFA Group |
| Construction start | 23 February 1983 |
| Opened | 8 April 1986 |
| Closed | 1 January 2021 |
| Replaces | Old Kömürhan Bridge |
| Replaced by | New Kömürhan Bridge |
| Location | |
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The bridge was constructed to replace a 100 m long concrete[4] arch bridge built by the Swedish company Nydqvist & Holm AB, costs 110 million Turkish lira as the money of that time, and opened on 5 October 1932, which was flooded with the completion of the Karakaya Dam. The new bridge was built by the STFA Group between 23 February 1983 and 8 April 1986.[3][5]
Kömürhan Bridge is between Malatya Province and Elazığ Province. The tender, that is for building a new bridge that is 600 m length at same place, completed in 2013.[6]
It features in the "50 works in 50 years" list of significant building projects in Turkey published by the Chamber of Civil Engineers in Turkey.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Bayraktar, A.; Altunişik, A. C.; Sevim, B.; Türker, T.; Domaniç, A.; Taş, Y. (2009). "Vibration Characteristics of Kömürhan Highway Bridge Constructed with Balanced Cantilever Method". Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. 23 (2): 90–99. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2009)23:2(90).
- ^ Mitchell, M. R.; Link, R. E.; Bayraktar, A.; Altunışık, A. C.; Sevim, B.; Türker, T. (2010). "Earthquake Behaviour of Kömürhan Highway Bridge Using a Validated Finite Element Model". Journal of Testing and Evaluation. 38 (4): 102102. doi:10.1520/JTE102102.
- ^ a b "Milestones". STFA. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- ^ "Asyanın en büyük köprüsü Malatya ile Elaziz arasında yapılacak". Vakit. 13 November 1930.
- ^ Toğrulca, Orhan. "Kömürhan Köprüsü". Malatya haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- ^ "Kömürhan'a yeni köprü yapılacak" (in Turkish). Zaman. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "50 yılda 50 eser" (in Turkish). hhportal.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
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