Expansion joint renewal with 'zero' impact on traffic - an optimal solution for urban bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Thomas Spuler
(Civil Engineer, Mageba SA, Switzerland)
Gianni Moor (Civil Engineer, Mageba SA, Switzerland) Colm O'Suilleabhain (Civil Engineer, Mageba SA, Switzerland) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Venice 2010 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 820-821 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2010 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137810796063940 | ||||
| Abstract: |
A solution to the demands to be addressed in the specification, design, installation and replacement of expansion joints on urban bridges is presented: the Tensa®Flex Sliding Finger expansion joint and the associated traffic management system Mini-Fly-Over. The expansion joint type is quiet and durable, with long-term benefits for local residents, while the traffic management system was developed to minimise the difficulties and traffic disruption associated with its installation as a replacement for an existing expansion joint. The successful implementation of the traffic management system to install the sliding finger joints on a major highway bridge with almost no impact on traffic is described, proving that clever solutions which take account of the needs of modern urban society can always be developed. |
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| Keywords: |
renewal replacement expansion joint traffic management low noise
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