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The Glacier Skywalk's box girders weigh 600 t
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Glacier Skywalk : Brewster Travel Canada (Brewster) is proposing to develop a stunning world-class, fully accessible unique viewing experience in Jasper National Park known as the Glacier Skywalk. This proposed development will provide an immersive, interpretive guided experience focusing on the wonder of the unique ecosystem, glaciology, natural and aboriginal history of the Columbia Icefield area in the Canadian Rockies. The Glacier Skywalk, as it will be known, will consist of a 400 metre interpretive boardwalk and a glass-floored observation platform extending 30 metres out over the Sunwapta Valley, that will be accessible to all Canadians and visitors, and regardless of mobility challenges. The Glacier Skywalk will enable visitors to engage with this dramatic landscape in a way that was not previously accessible to the majority of visitors. For more information, visit http://www.glacierskywalk.ca/
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Constrained site access and the remote sub-alpine terrain complicated construction work.
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The foundations were anchored in depths of 10 to 20 m in the load-bearing rock using anchors. : The foundations were anchored in depths of 10 to 20 m in the load-bearing rock using anchors.
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Sixty-four micropiles and double corrosion protected rock anchors were installed in the concrete foundations for the box girders. : Sixty-four micropiles and double corrosion protected rock anchors were installed in the concrete foundations for the box girders.
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The concrete foundations were further post-tensioned with 77 tendons.
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General Information

Beginning of works: 2013
Completion: Spring 2014
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Observation deck
Structure: Free cantilever girder bridge
Material: Steel bridge

Location

Location: ,
Coordinates: 52° 13' 9.41" N    117° 13' 40.12" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

cantilever length 35 m

Design Loads

deck flooring live load 4.00 kN/m²
snow load 9.6 kN/m²

Materials

railing glass
girders steel
deck flooring glass

Case Studies and Applied Products

Glacier Skywalk in Canada’s Jasper National Park

Glacier Skywalk in Canada’s Jasper National Park

Since May 2014, Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, features a spectacular highlight for visitors: the Glacier Skywalk. The skywalk is a visitor platform with a glass floor on a steel frame structure that extends from a cliff at a h ... [more]

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  • Structure-ID
    20066889
  • Published on:
    03/03/2015
  • Last updated on:
    09/07/2017
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