Kömürhan Bridge

This article is about the bridge that was completed in 1986. For the bridge that replaced it in 2021, see New Kömürhan Bridge.
Kömürhan Bridge

Kömürhan Köprüsü
Coordinates38°26′26″N 38°49′06″E / 38.44068°N 38.81847°E / 38.44068; 38.81847
Carries D.300
CrossesEuphrates
Official nameKömürhan Köprüsü
Other name(s)İsmet Paşa Köprüsü
History
Constructed bySTFA Group
Construction start23 February 1983
Opened8 April 1986
Closed1 January 2021
ReplacesOld Kömürhan Bridge
Replaced byNew Kömürhan Bridge
Location
Map

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]

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

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  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.


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