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Two ways to sink big bridge caissons
Sinking caissons for tower piers and abutments in foundation work on $90-million Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City; one method pours concrete into hollow skin of box to sink it down through water to final position; other is sand-island method which builds sand blanket on river bottom and uses sheet pile cofferdam enclosure to build up caisson in dry; foundations, pile driving, use of derrick barges, and concreting described.
Two ways to sink big bridge caissons
Sinking caissons for tower piers and abutments in foundation work on $90-million Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City; one method pours concrete into hollow skin of box to sink it down through water to final position; other is sand-island method which builds sand blanket on river bottom and uses sheet pile cofferdam enclosure to build up caisson in dry; foundations, pile driving, use of derrick barges, and concreting described.
Two ways to sink big bridge caissons
Construction Methods Equipment
1959
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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