Sustaining major infrastructures
Passerella merlata EXPO 2015
INFORMAZIONI
Mialn
Italy
2015
Pedestrian walkway
One of the projects realized on the occasion of EXPO 2015 in Milan. The walkway is a work that develops completely in elevation, 6 m wide and with a variable height from a maximum of 9 to a minimum of 4.4 meters.
The walkway consists of two hyperstatic sections with spans of 65 and 80 meters (Expo side) and with spans of 0, 10 and 1 meters (Cascina Merlata side) for a considerable overall length of 341 m, partly flat (about 180 m from the far south) and the remaining part on a slope (5%).
Prodotti Utilizzati
22 spherical bearing devices ERGOFLON SPHERE series dielectric with vertical loads between 4550 kN and 6750 kN with horizontal loads even equal to 0 of the vertical.
Special joints in Corten for 400 mm movement
2 ELB series transverse seismic retainers
