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Design and construction staging of a 300m steel bridge renovation

 Design and construction staging of a 300m steel bridge renovation
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023, published in , pp. 1303-1311
DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1303
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Two steel tied arch bridges are a part of the Van Brienenoord Bridge (VBB}. They carry the A16 highway, a vital part infrastructure near the port of Rotterdam. The west arch has been suffering from...
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Author(s): (Arup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
(Arup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
(Rijkswaterstaat, Utrecht, Netherlands)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023
Published in:
Page(s): 1303-1311 Total no. of pages: 9
Page(s): 1303-1311
Total no. of pages: 9
DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1303
Abstract:

Two steel tied arch bridges are a part of the Van Brienenoord Bridge (VBB}. They carry the A16 highway, a vital part infrastructure near the port of Rotterdam. The west arch has been suffering from fatigue in the orthotropic deck and the main load carrying structure required strengthening.

A renovation outside traffic on a yard was proposed, benefiting achievable quality, H&S and hindrance. The main objectives where: maximizing remaining service life while re-using the maximum amount of existing steel. This was achieved by a combination of extensive analysis on describing locked-in stress, advanced FE analysis (GMNIA} and testing of existing material. After renovation the western VBB is able to withstand all design loads for another 100 years, while re- using 3200 ton of steel in the highest form. Arup and RHDHV work in a joint venture, the Managing Contractor, on the renovation of steel bridges for Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch highway authority}.

Keywords:
arch bridge renovation steel bridge assessment re-use construction staging