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Figures 13 - 16: The floating sheerlegs ´Taklift 6´ and ´Taklift 7´ operating in tandem for the
installation of the Brandanger Bridge in Norway.
Both sheerlegs have a maximum lifting capacity of 1,200 ton.
Norwegian ‘Uglen’ lifting steel sections for the Fedafjord
suspension bridge in the highway E39, Norway Sheerleg ‘Uglen’ lifts again steel bridge sections; now for
the Dalsfjord suspension bridge, Norway
The self-propelled 800-ton capacity sheerleg ‘Uglen’ was
contracted in to lift nine sections for the main span of the
Fedafjorden Bridge into position. On behalf of the Norwegian State Highways Authority
Region West a new suspension bridge was built over the
Dalsfjord in Sogn og Fjordane.
The main span between the two towers is 331 metres
and the top of both towers is 107 metres above sea-level.
Total length of the bridge is 566 metres. The clearance
height for ships is 50 metres above normal sea-level. The bridge has a main span of 523 metres, the towers are
101 metres tall and the total bridge length is 619 metres.
The ‘Uglen’ lifted the nine sections, ranging in weight
between 160 and 187-ton; total weight of the steel
sections 1,600-ton. The bridge was opened in 2006.
The steel sections, built by the Dutch steel construction
company HSM Steel Structure of Schiedam were
transported to the site, loaded onto a pontoon, in tow of
the Dutch tug ‘Dutch Partner’. In the fjord, the transport
was assisted by the 1,120 HP Schottel tug ‘Eerland 26’.
The clearance height is 35 metres above normal sea-
level. For this bridge, the Dutch company HSM Steel
Structures was contracted for, among other work, the
supply and installation of steel bridge sections,
installation of suspension cables and installation of bridge
sections.
The ‘Uglen’ was used to lift eleven bridge deck sections,
each 60 metres long and 12 metres wide with a total
weight of 2,280-ton.
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