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Silt swallows up half cost of $5 million bridge
Work on pier foundations of Connecticut Turnpike Bridge being built over West River in New Haven; bridge over 1100 ft long from abutment to abutment will have 12 spans; 16 cofferdams for footings take 147, 000 If of interlocking steel sheeting and 1840 ft of temporary trestle had to be built; great depth of mud presented problem in obtaining lateral stability for piles.
Silt swallows up half cost of $5 million bridge
Work on pier foundations of Connecticut Turnpike Bridge being built over West River in New Haven; bridge over 1100 ft long from abutment to abutment will have 12 spans; 16 cofferdams for footings take 147, 000 If of interlocking steel sheeting and 1840 ft of temporary trestle had to be built; great depth of mud presented problem in obtaining lateral stability for piles.
Silt swallows up half cost of $5 million bridge
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 158
1957
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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