ABSTRACT In this paper, two recently completed bridges at the Malpensa Airport have been presented. The bridges overpass the railway (which runs in a cutting, at a lower level) linking the Malpensa Airport to the city of Milan, Italy; and are part of a U-shaped path called the H (Hotel) Ring which connects the southern ends of the two existing taxiways. Such a crossing had to: (a) intersect the railway track twice with a skew angle of about 45°; (b) carry the maximum aeronautical loads, corresponding to the gears of an Airbus 380 aircraft and; (c) host a 60 m wide taxiway strip, plus a lateral safety lane and a service road, for a total width of 105 m. This paper briefly describes how the above requirements were dealt with while designing two integral bridges.
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