Koror-Babeldaob Bridge

The Koror-Babeldaob Bridge is a bridge in Palau that connects Koror and Babeldaob Islands. It is a reinforced concrete, portal frame, cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 413 m. It was built by the Kajima Corporation of Japan in 2002, to replace the former, collapsed bridge built by Socio Construction Co. of Korea.

Collapse of the former KB Bridge

The original Koror-Babeldaob Bridge was a balanced cantilever prestressed concrete box girder bridge with a main span of 240.8 m and total length of 385.6 m (1265 ft). It was designed by Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG and Alfred A. Yee and Associates. It was constructed by Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG, contractor was Palau based in Hangul and English which is recessed at the former KB Bridge. until its record was broken by the 260 m span of the Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, finished in 1985.

This led to two studies carried out by Louis Berger...
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