Design and Construction of the Mersey Gateway Bridge
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Paul Sanders
Lars Lundorf Nielsen Hugo Wood José Romo Martín Gerard Brennan John Banks |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Madrid 2014 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1956-1963 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2014 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137814814068553 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Mersey Gateway Bridge is a 2.25km long major estuary crossing under construction in the UK. It is being built as part of a concession agreement to increase capacity across the upper Mersey Estuary. The bridge features a 1km long three tower cable stayed bridge. |
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| Keywords: |
balanced cantilever external prestressing post-tensioning cable stayed bridge cable stays marine foundations moveable scaffold system direct foundations
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