The Sunniberg Bridge

By: Andrew Kim and Pat Wong

Bridge Name Bridge Type: Year: Total Length: Cost: Cost/Length Ratio

Sunniberg BridgePrestressed

concrete, extra-dosed

1998 526 m $16.6 mil $ 31500 /meter

King Hussein's BridgePrestressed

concrete, extra-dosed

1999 110 m $9.7 mil $ 88181 /meter

Odawara Blueway BridgePrestressed

concrete, extra-dosed

1994 270 m $18 mil $ 66666 /meter

Zakim Bunker Hill BridgeSteel, cable-stayed

2005 227 m $115 mil $ 506607/meter

ANZAC BridgePrestressed

concrete, cable-stayed

1996 805 m $62 mil $77018 /meter

“From an engineer’s point of view, it is inconceivable to accept flaws in the structural system and details of disproportionately high cost in return for architectural embellishment. The art of the structural engineer consists of balancing economy and elegance against each other on a case by case base, to achieve the desired objectives.”

• http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~bjackson/christianmenn.jpg• http://www.sucoflex.ch/ge/documents/Sunnibergbruecke_Klosters.pdf• http://www.deuring.ch/christian-menn/english/projekte_e/sunniberg_e.htm• http://www.eif.ch/fr/formations/genie/formations/deroulement-de.htm