Cable-stayed bicycle bridge nearing completion, Leuven (BE)

The new bicycle bridge over motorway E40 is part of the construction of bicycle highway F29. This bicycle highway improves the bicycle infrastructure between Brussels and Leuven by creating a connection between the Vier Armen intersection in Brussels and Leuven’s ring road. This project is part of the large-scale infrastructure project R0 East and is commissioned by De Werkvennootschap on behalf of the Flemish authorities. The bicycle bridge is a cable-stayed bridge with a length of 112 m and a width of 6.3 m. In plan view, the bridge deck is curved. The design features two structural elements that are placed in the median strip of motorway E40: a V-shaped intermediate support and a tilted pylon made of architectural concrete. This pylon carries the deck using fourteen cables.

Last weekend, the concrete pylon was put into place and the first four cables connecting the pylon to the deck were placed. In a consecutive phase, the remaining cables will be installed and the temporary supports will be removed. In collaboration with the general contractor Stadsbader, Almex – steel structure and Sarens – lifting for De Werkvennootschap.