Patent ID: 6167582
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: B63B,E01D

Abstract:
A floating bridge, comprising: at least two pontoons adjoining one another in a longitudinal direction of the bridge, each pontoon including two outside floats and at least two inside floats hinged together in a transverse direction of the bridge, each float including an upper roadway section and at least the inside floats each including a bottom plate having an integrated tension chord; and connecting elements connecting the inside floats of the two adjoining pontoons, the connecting elements being arranged in a region of the tension chords integrated into the bottom plates of the inside floats and respectively connecting the tension chords of the two adjoining inside floats, each connecting element comprising a bolt coupling including a horizontally arranged bolt, and the connecting elements being arranged so that a spacing exists in a region of the roadway section between the inside floats of the adjoining pontoons to permit a powerless positive tilting of the respective adjoining pontoons relative to each other and around the bolts of the connecting elements, wherein the roadway sections of the inside floats have ground edges that define the spacing between the inside floats, and wherein the degree of positive tilting is limited by contact between the ground edges.