Kömürhan Bridge

Bridge that passes Euphrates River between Elazığ and Malatya, Turkey
38°26′26″N 38°49′06″E / 38.44068°N 38.81847°E / 38.44068; 38.81847Carries D.300CrossesEuphratesOfficial nameKömürhan KöprüsüOther name(s)İsmet Paşa KöprüsüHistoryConstructed bySTFA GroupConstruction start23 February 1983Opened8 April 1986Closed1 January 2021ReplacesOld Kömürhan BridgeReplaced byNew Kömürhan BridgeLocationMap

The Kömürhan Bridge, or with its other name, 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]

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

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Milestones". STFA. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  4. ^ "Asyanın en büyük köprüsü Malatya ile Elaziz arasında yapılacak". Vakit. 13 November 1930.
  5. ^ Toğrulca, Orhan. "Kömürhan Köprüsü". Malatya haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  6. ^ "Kömürhan'a yeni köprü yapılacak" (in Turkish). Zaman. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "50 yılda 50 eser" (in Turkish). hhportal.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
Crossings of the Euphrates
Upstream
Battalgazi Bridge
Kömürhan Bridge
D.300
Downstream
Nissibi Euphrates Bridge
D.360
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