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New Removable Bridge over the Bay of Cadiz

 New Removable Bridge over the Bay of Cadiz
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, published in , pp. 694-695
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796063454
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The construction of the new Bridge over the Bay of Cadiz is necessary to break the secular isolation of the city. This brand new infrastructure must also be respectful and compatible with the local...
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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:
Page(s): 694-695 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 694-695
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796063454
Abstract:

The construction of the new Bridge over the Bay of Cadiz is necessary to break the secular isolation of the city. This brand new infrastructure must also be respectful and compatible with the local shipyard industry, which has many high-tech facilities inside the bay, employing nowadays more than 6000 workers. Regarding the possibility of the construction of ships or offshore structures with extraordinary dimensions, the new bridge will have a removable span, with 140 m horizontal clearance and no vertical clearance limitations. This original structure, which is in a very advanced stage of construction, will have a single 150 m long steel span with variable depth (between 3 and 8 m) and a 33,2 m wide orthotropic plate. The structural detail design and construction of the bridge is presenting many challenges in relation to its dynamic behaviour, fatigue control, durability and quality control of the manufacturing processes.

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orthotropic plate welding lifting Cadiz removable bridge

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