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Construction problems in world's largest concrete arch span
Design of principal components of bridge and of falsework; new Gladesville Bridge, New South Wales, carries North Western Expressway serving Sydney over Parramatta River and replaces two-lane multispan swing bridge; structure consists of reinforced concrete arch spanning 1000 ft, supporting prestressed-concrete flexible columns and prestressed concrete beam deck of 100-ft spans; navigation clearance during construction was 80 ft high × 200 ft wide and permanent clearance provided is 120 × 200 ft; arch consists of four ribs 20 ft wide and 14 ft deep at crown.
Construction problems in world's largest concrete arch span
Design of principal components of bridge and of falsework; new Gladesville Bridge, New South Wales, carries North Western Expressway serving Sydney over Parramatta River and replaces two-lane multispan swing bridge; structure consists of reinforced concrete arch spanning 1000 ft, supporting prestressed-concrete flexible columns and prestressed concrete beam deck of 100-ft spans; navigation clearance during construction was 80 ft high × 200 ft wide and permanent clearance provided is 120 × 200 ft; arch consists of four ribs 20 ft wide and 14 ft deep at crown.
Construction problems in world's largest concrete arch span
Surveyor
Baxter, J.W. (author) / Gee, A.F. (author) / James, H.B. (author)
Surveyor ; 125
1965
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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