A new concept for a large vertical lift bridge over the river Seine in Rouen
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Michel Moussard
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 170-173 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2007 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137807796120139 | ||||
| Abstract: |
A large new lift bridge is being completed over the River Seine, half way between the City of Rouen and its harbour located downstream. To fit with this environment engineers and architects have designed an innovative structure, which combines efficiency, reliability and elegance. Its masterpiece is the lifting system, located in between the two independent lifting spans. It features two reinforced concrete hollow shafts supporting an innovative and ingenious butterfly–shaped, crossleverage system, which optimizes both structural and mechanical designs. |
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| Keywords: |
steel wind architecture dolphins Lift bridge
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