Construction of New Brahmaputra Bridge & Road works near Tezpur- an insight…
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Anupam Das
(Gammon Engineers & Contractors Pvt. Ltd, Tezpur, /NO/A)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress New Delhi 2023 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1321-1329 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1321 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This Project comprises of 4-Laning of highway (NH-37A) of total length 17.30 km, from Kaliabor Tiniali (at Nagaon District) to Dolabari Junction (at Sonitpur District) in the state of Assam, including construction of New Brahmaputra Bridge of 3.040 Km length , with the aim to create 4- lane connectivity to Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. Bridging the mighty & ferocious river Brahmaputra is a great challenge in itself. In this paper, regarding construction of New Brahmaputra Bridge, the technical features, methodology, major quantities, challenges encountered & engineering solutions adopted like, seasonal change in the course of river and water depth at different locations resulted in change in construction methodology and materials / plant & machineries movements to desired locations, hindrances encountered during the execution of well foundations & innovativeness in design concept were discussed. |
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| Keywords: |
cantilever construction expansion joints floods pile foundations Brahmaputra River Well/ Caisson foundations Pre-Stressed RCC Single Box Girder Working season Construction Methodology Central hinge bearings
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