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Swing span bridge converted to fixed span
Conversion of 228-ft double track, short swing span by Chicago, South Shore and South Bend to fixed, higher structure; four 500-ton jacks used to lift 660-ton span in three 2-ft stages; prefabricated structural steel blocking was bolted in position between drum girder and loading girders; raising, reinforcement of span, and laying of track on previously constructed approach trestle was completed in total of six days. (see also Ry Track and Structures v 49 n 2 Feb 1953 p 146-9)
Swing span bridge converted to fixed span
Conversion of 228-ft double track, short swing span by Chicago, South Shore and South Bend to fixed, higher structure; four 500-ton jacks used to lift 660-ton span in three 2-ft stages; prefabricated structural steel blocking was bolted in position between drum girder and loading girders; raising, reinforcement of span, and laying of track on previously constructed approach trestle was completed in total of six days. (see also Ry Track and Structures v 49 n 2 Feb 1953 p 146-9)
Swing span bridge converted to fixed span
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 134
1953
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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