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Piers rise for mile-long, High-Level Bridge
Design and construction methods of over 1 mi long bridge over Taunton River in Massachusetts; bridge comprises 26 spans ranging in length from 145 ft to 839 ft 8 in.; main spans clear navigation channel by 135 ft; use of single internal bracing system that had 36-WF 280 lb sections as walls for pier construction; on channel piers where bracing system weighed 82 tons, system was supported by blocks suspended from guyed A-frames made of WF steel sections, bases of which were set in tremie concrete.
Piers rise for mile-long, High-Level Bridge
Design and construction methods of over 1 mi long bridge over Taunton River in Massachusetts; bridge comprises 26 spans ranging in length from 145 ft to 839 ft 8 in.; main spans clear navigation channel by 135 ft; use of single internal bracing system that had 36-WF 280 lb sections as walls for pier construction; on channel piers where bracing system weighed 82 tons, system was supported by blocks suspended from guyed A-frames made of WF steel sections, bases of which were set in tremie concrete.
Piers rise for mile-long, High-Level Bridge
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 169
1962
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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