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Floating expansion joints for Europe’s largest lift bridge

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An image of a bridge: Botlekbrug at night

Horizontal force bearing with reclining vertical pin: This includes the 15 t and approximately 1.8 m high "clevis" in which the pin enters from above. Two spherical bearings at the top of the pin absorb rotations

The view from below of an expansion joint construction with huge pins as a centering mechanism; the yellow castors are used as sliding units.

Unusual view of a bridge: Top left is the vertical pin of the horizontal force bearing and to the right of this are four pins, each with a length of 1.5 m underneath an expansion joint which impinge into the funnel upon being lowered and pull or push the expansion joint into the correct position.

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