Carries A6 motorway Locale Gorski Kotar, Croatia Design Box girder bridge Total length 240 m Location Gorski kotar Carry A6 | Crosses Kamačnik stream Official name Most Kamačnik Opened 2003 Longest span 127 m Bridge type Box girder bridge | |
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Maintained by Autocesta Rijeka–Zagreb Similar Zečeve Drage Viaduct, Severinske Drage Viaduct, Bajer Bridge, Krk Bridge, Box girder bridge | ||
Kamačnik Bridge is located between the Vrbovsko and Ravna Gora interchanges of the A6 motorway in Gorski Kotar, Croatia, spanning Kamačnik stream. It is 240 metres (790 ft) long. The bridge was designed by Zlatko Šavor. It consists of two parallel structures, both completed in 2003 by Konstruktor. The bridge is tolled within the A6 motorway ticket system and there are no separate toll plazas associated with use of the bridge.
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The bridge spans 60 metres (200 ft) deep Kamačnik stream bridge canyon which is legally protected as a listed landscape. This prevents any construction on the canyon cliffs and in turn requires an asymmetrical structure across a span of approximately 125 metres (410 ft).
Structure description
At this location the motorway route follows a horizontal curve therefore the transversal grade of the deck is slightly increased. It is constant and equals 4.2%, while elevation grade of the bridge is constant at 5.7%, sloping down towards Vrbovsko. The bridge is a box girder structure supporting the deck across three spans. The southbound bridge spans are 71.18 m (233.5 ft) + 127.1 m (417 ft) + 23.9 m (78 ft). Its piers are 29 metres (95 ft) and 6.46 metres (21.2 ft) tall. The northbound bridge spans are 69.86 m (229.2 ft) + 127.74 m (419.1 ft) + 23.45 m (76.9 ft). Its piers are 23.17 metres (76.0 ft) and 7.5 metres (25 ft) tall. All of the piers comprise box cross section, 7.5 m (25 ft) (perpendicular to the bridge axis) by 4.5 m (15 ft) to 3.5 m (11 ft) (parallel to the bridge axis. The parallel bridge structures were built simultaneously.
Traffic volume
Traffic is regularly counted and reported by Autocesta Rijeka–Zagreb, operator of the viaduct and the A6 motorway where the structure is located, and published by Hrvatske ceste. Substantial variations between annual (AADT) and summer (ASDT) traffic volumes are attributed to the fact that the bridge carries substantial tourist traffic to the Adriatic resorts. The traffic count is performed using analysis of motorway toll ticket sales.