Upgrade of Esmonde Road Underpass

The existing Esmonde Road Underpass was upgraded as a part of the Northern Busway Project in Auckland, New Zealand. The deck of the underpass needed to be widened by up to 1.5m and raised by a maximum of 500mm to accommodate the modifications required at the motorway interchange. This necessitated extensive strengthening to cater for the new alignment and to comply with current loading standards. The paper describes the upgrade to the bridge with an emphasis on the key constraints faced by the designers and solutions implemented to widen and strengthen the bridge.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.cmsl.co.nz/assets/sm/3607/61/0077-E74Shanmuganathan.pdf
• Record URL:
  • http://arrbknowledge.com
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• Authors:
  • Shanmuganathan, S
• Conference:
  • Austroads Bridge Conference, 7th, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand
• Publication Date: 2009-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Innovation in engineered wood product bridge components

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Bridge construction; Bridge design; Bridges; Pavement widening; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road design and management
• Geographic Terms: Auckland, New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Bridge construction; Bridge design; Bridge loads; Tunnel; Widening
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01384474
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 4:36PM