Handrail profiles
for the newly built Leverkusen Rhine Bridge
Handrail profiles
for the newly built Leverkusen Rhine Bridge
The Waldschlösschenbrücke in Dresden was equipped with special handrail profiles from Husemann & Hücking. From standardized cross-sections
in various dimensions, which are available from stock at well-known steel dealers, up to special shapes is Husemann & Hücking market leader for handrail profiles.
Husemann & Hücking supplied the profiles for the construction of the handrails on the new 1068-metre-long Leverkusen Rhine Bridge. Originally planned for around 40,000 vehicles per day, the old Leverkusen Rhine Bridge from 1965 was hopelessly overstretched by a threefold increase in traffic volume and was badly damaged after more than 50 years of intensive use. Around 8,000 other bridges in the German transport network, many of them built in the 1960s, are scheduled for renovation or replacement in the coming years.
The opening words of Dr. Michael Güntner, Chairman of the Board of Management of Autobahn GmbH des Bundes, at the official opening of the new bridge were also good news. He praised the companies involved for their reliable cooperation and for keeping to the set schedule of less than three years for the construction of the first half of the bridge.
Minister President Hendrik Wüst also emphasized the importance and commitment of the local economy in his speech. After all, it was the bidding consortium of SEH Engineering, Hochtief and Max Bögel that completed the new bridge construction within the planned construction period following a new invitation to tender. Prior to this, a number of things had gone wrong, with the construction of the steel components manufactured in China showing considerable defects. However, no agreement could be reached on how to rectify these and so a new invitation to tender was issued.
The new Leverkusen bridge has been open since the afternoon of February 4, 2024 and the A1 can once again be used smoothly on this section of the freeway. The pure construction time for the first half of the Leverkusen Rhine Bridge was less than three years, with traffic operations continuing. The second part of the new bridge is scheduled to open to traffic in 2027.
Proven standardized steel profiles and tubes for bridge railings have been used on German roads for many decades. Husemann & Hücking is the market leader throughout Germany for these open and welded handrail profiles. Specially developed connectors for the upper and lower chord round off the product range. One current project is the Kessebürenbach freeway bridge on the A44, which has just been refurbished.
Specially developed connectors for the upper and lower chord round off the product range. For example, the bridge handrail connectors KP 14.501 and KP 14.502, matching the top chord KP 70.030 and bottom chord KP 72.007.
Handrail profiles from Husemann & Hücking at a glance
