IMPROVED METHODS SPEEDS SPINNING OF BRIDGE CABLES

It is described how streamlined cable spinning methods were used in construction of the 5,118-ft-long six-lane highway suspension bridge, with a main span of 3,524 ft, built across the Bosporus. Each main-span strand for the Bosporus crossing consists of 548 galvanized-steel wires of 0.19-in. diam. Each main-span cable contains 19 of these strands and has a finished diameter of almost 23 in. Backstay cables include all the main-span strands plus four additional strands, each containing 192 of the same 0.19-in.-diam wires. These cables have finished diameters of nearly 24 in.

• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Authors:
  • Marshall, T
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 68-71
• Serial:
  • Construction Methods and Equipment
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Suspension bridges
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047911
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1974 12:00AM