General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
|---|---|
| Structure: |
Box girder bridge |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Construction method: |
main bridge: Balanced cantilever method approach viaducts: Precast segmental construction |
Location
| Location: |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
|
| Next to: |
Gateway Bridge (1986)
|
| Coordinates: | 27° 26' 40.80" S 153° 6' 4.08" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 2 x 260 m | |
| total length | 1 627 m | |
| span lengths | 60 m - 4 x 71 m - 162 m - 2 x 260 m - 162 m - 9 x 71 m - 60 m | |
| number of spans | 18 | |
| height above valley floor or water | max. 64.5 m | |
| deck | width | 27.5 m |
| deck of approach viaducts | girder depth | 3.3 m |
| deck of main bridge | girder depth | 5 - 15 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | Australian dollar 350 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
|
|---|---|
| deck of approach viaducts |
precast prestressed concrete
|
Case Studies and Applied Products
TENSA®MODULAR LR & LR-LS – Modular expansion joints
Modular Expansion Joints can be constructed for any movements, from about 100 mm up to 2,000 mm and more. They allow movements in all 3 directions and rotations around all 3 axes.
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2010): Second Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Australia. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, pp. 706-707.
- (2008): Twice as nice. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 14, n. 52 (3rd Quarter 2008), pp. 26-27, 31.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20017772 - Published on:
12/09/2005 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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