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Prestressed concrete beams placed by Aluminium launching girder
Use of new method for construction of 810 ft long 60 ft wide Wolvercote viaduct which is part of Oxford bypass system; prestressed precast beams weighing up to 38 tons each are launched from previously constructed spans by launching girder of structural aluminum; aluminum truss weighing 9 tons consists of horizontal girder, and front and back mast; truss spans road and beam travels through base of mast and is lowered on to reinforced concrete columns.
Prestressed concrete beams placed by Aluminium launching girder
Use of new method for construction of 810 ft long 60 ft wide Wolvercote viaduct which is part of Oxford bypass system; prestressed precast beams weighing up to 38 tons each are launched from previously constructed spans by launching girder of structural aluminum; aluminum truss weighing 9 tons consists of horizontal girder, and front and back mast; truss spans road and beam travels through base of mast and is lowered on to reinforced concrete columns.
Prestressed concrete beams placed by Aluminium launching girder
Surveyor
Surveyor ; 119
1960
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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