BRIDGE ON THE RIVER GANGE AT BUXAR, INDIA

The paper describes the design and construction of the high level road bridge across the River Ganga at Buxar, in India. This prestressed concrete long span bridge is built by the cantilever construction technique, using in situ as well as precast segments. Large diameter R.C.C. caisson foundations support a single cellular box decking over R.C.C. cellular piers. The decking, designed as a semi-continuous frame, incorporates cast-steel pendulum bearings at the mating cantilever arms. The prestressing cables consist of 24 wires of 7 mm dia and are anchored by freyssinet twin 12/7 mm anchorages. The precast segments have been match cast. The project involved many innovations to be tried out for the first time in India. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

  ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
  Zurich 8093,   Switzerland  CH-8093
• Authors:
  • Subbaay, A L
  • Harridas, G R
• Conference:
  • IABSE Proceedings Mem AIPC IVBH Abhandlungen
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 37-48
• Serial:
  • Volume: 80

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Bridge decks; Bridge design; Bridge piers; Bridge superstructures; Bridges; Cables; Cantilevers; Construction; Construction management; Design; Formwork; Foundations; Frames; Highway bridges; Long span bridges; Precast concrete; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing; Structural design
• Geographic Terms: India
• ITRD Terms: 3474: Box girder; 3455: Bridge; 4530: Cable; 3450: Cantilever; 3655: Construction; 9011: Design (overall design); 3639: Formwork; 3377: Foundation; 3322: Frame; 8045: India; 4792: Precast concrete; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 4777: Prestressing; 3473: Superstructure (bridge)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371308
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. P-28/80
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM