A FIRST IN BRIDGE DESIGN IN CANADA

CANADA'S LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY BRIDGE DESIGN IS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE 1,973-FT.-LONG POST TENSIONED CAST-IN -PLACE CONCRETE STRUCTURE, THE LONGEST OF FOUR BRIDGES AT NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO. THE BRIDGE WAS DESIGNED BY THE STRUCTURAL OFFICE OF THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS. IT EMPLOYS A NUMBER OF ORIGINAL AND UNORTHODOX CONCEPTS TO BECOME THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS ARTICLE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE BRIDGE DESIGN.

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• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 12
• Serial:
  • Heavy Construction News
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 24
  • Publisher: Maclean-Hunter Limited
  • ISSN: 0017-9426

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Cast in place structures; Concrete bridges; Posttensioning; Structural design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208226
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Roads & Transportation Assoc /Canada
• Report/Paper Numbers: Period Art
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1974 12:00AM