Assessment and condition monitoring of a concrete railway bridge in Kiruna, Sweden

• Main Authors: Enochsson, Ola, Elfgren, Lennart, Olofsson, Thomas, Täljsten, Björn, Töyrä, Björn, Kronborg, Anders, Paulsson, Björn
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och -produktion 2006
• Subjects: Infrastructure Engineering; Infrastrukturteknik; Construction Management; Byggproduktion; Kiruna; Luossajokk; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-40467

A two-span railway concrete trough bridge over Luossajokk in Kiruna in northern Sweden has been studied. The owner wanted to increase the axle loads from 250 to 300 kN in order to reduce freight costs for iron ore. Examples are given of methods used and results obtained from the assessment where ben...