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IZMIT Bay Suspension Bridge, Erection of Steel Tower

 IZMIT Bay Suspension Bridge, Erection of Steel Tower
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014, published in , pp. 2081-2088
DOI: 10.2749/222137814814068409
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The construction of the Izmit Bay Suspension Bridge has started in January 2013 to be completed early 2016. The tower is steel construction reaching over 246.5m above sea level and being construct...
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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:
Page(s): 2081-2088 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 2081-2088
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2014
DOI: 10.2749/222137814814068409
Abstract:

The construction of the Izmit Bay Suspension Bridge has started in January 2013 to be completed early 2016. The tower is steel construction reaching over 246.5m above sea level and being constructed with floating cranes for the lower part and self-climbing crane for the upper part to be completed by end of 2014, followed by the cable erection in 2015. The papers describe the construction of the tower of the Izmit Bay Suspension Bridge.

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suspension bridge Steel tower floating crane self-climbing crane

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