M48 Severn Crossing, UK. Wye Bridge / Beachley Viaduct Rocker Replacement
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Chris Murphy
Aogan Mulcahy Jeremy Cutter |
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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): | 2658-2665 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2014 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137814814070073 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The original design of the Wye Bridge and Beachley Viaduct accommodated thermal movements with an expansion joint – located at approximately the mid-point of the structure. This paper describes the development and execution of a scheme to address the material wear at the bearing surfaces and to improve the ride-quality over the joint by replacing the two rocker arm units which link the box girders either side of the expansion joint. |
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| Keywords: |
box girder bridges expansion joints rocker bearings steel bridge strengthening
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