Construction Planning for India's first "Signature Bridge"
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Mohan V. Jatkar
Swapnil A. Navalkar |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Long Span Bridges and Roofs - Development, Design and Implementation, Kolkata, India, 24-27 September 2013 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Kolkata 2013 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1-3 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 3 | ||||
| Year: | 2013 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137813808627550 | ||||
| Abstract: |
“Signature Bridge”, with an unsymmetrical steel pylon 154m high, tallest so far, is one of the most elegant and state of the art bridge presently being built in capital city of New Delhi, India. Once completed, the Signature Bridge will be the new landmark of New Delhi. It crosses the river Yamuna at Wazirabad dramatically improving signal free approach from NH-1 (Road No. 50) on western bank and Wazirabad Road (Road No. 59 Khajuri Khas intersection) on the Eastern bank for entry and exit of traffic in two directions. This paper focuses on challenges faced during construction planning and logistics It describes the development of the construction procedures and methodologies, through various engineering solutions evolved through elaborate planning. |
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| Keywords: |
asymmetrical steel pylon 154 m high tallest in India so far
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