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Bridges and Viaducts
A bridge or a viaduct is a structure built to span a physical obstacle such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over that very obstacle.
Most Important Structures in this Category
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- new entry (30 days)
- updated entry (14 days)
| # | Name | Country | main span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | Japan | 1991 m |
| 2 | Xihoumen Bridge | China | 1650 m |
| 3 | Great Belt East Bridge | Denmark | 1624 m |
| 4 | Osman Gazi Bridge | Turkey | 1550 m |
| 5 | Yi Sun-Sin Bridge | South Korea | 1545 m |
| 6 | Runyang Yangtze River North Bridge | China | 1490 m |
| 7 | Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge | China | 1418 m |
| 8 | Humber Bridge | United Kingdom | 1410 m |
| 9 | Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge | Turkey | 1408 m |
| 10 | Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge | China | 1385 m |
Note: there are too many entries in this category and all its subcategories combined. To obtain a list of structures please go through one of the subcategories.
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Case Studies & Reports
Ingeniero Fernández Casado Stay Cable Bridge
The Ingeniero Fernández Casado Bridge near León in northern Spain was opened in 1983. At the time, it was the stay cable bridge with the world’s la ... more
Waterproof seismic protection for Çayırhan Bridge in Turkey
The Çayırhan Bridge crosses the Sariyar reservoir west of Ankara. Its pillars are periodically subjected to inundation. For the new bridge construc ... more
Huge bearings for India's new Signature Bridge
It is both a beauty and a political issue: the Signature Bridge across the Yamuna river connecting Delhi to Wazirabad. A visual hallmark and specia ... more
Subcategories
- 3D-Printed Bridges
- Balanced cantilever method
- Cantilever construction using temporary cable-stays
- Cantilever construction using temporary stays in vertical position, then rotation into horizontal
- Climbing formwork
- Composite prefabricated girders with in-situ deck slab
- Formwork carriage
- In-situ casting on falsework
- Incremental launching
- Lateral / transverse launching
- Longitudinal launching
- Precast concrete elements with in-situ joints
- Precast girders with cast-in-situ slab
- Rotation around a horizontal axis
- Rotation around a vertical axis
- Segmental construction
- Tarzan method
Literature
- (1977): Un viaje por viejos puentes. In: Hormigón y acero, v. 28, n. 123 (2nd Quarter 1977), pp. 61-81.
- (2008): New York City bridges: network and project management. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering, v. 161, n. 3 (September 2008), pp. 103-109.
- (1958): Historia del puente en España. In: Informes de la Construcción, v. 10, n. 97 (January 1958), pp. 81-108.
- (2005): Impact of NCHRP Project 12-49 provisions on the seismic design of bridges on very soft soils in New Jersey. In: Bridge Structures, v. 1, n. 1 (March 2005), pp. 29-42.
- (2006): Bridge assessment loading: a comparison of West and Central/East Europe. In: Bridge Structures, v. 2, n. 1 (March 2006), pp. 25-33.
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