NEW BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR SA

A bridge construction method being used for the first time in South Africa, which requires 23 concrete beams weighing a total of 13,800 t to be thrust as a single unit across a distance of more than a kilometre, is being used to span the Olifants River valley, near Vredendal, on the Sishen-Saldanha railway line.

• Corporate Authors:

  Thomson Publications South Africa Proprietary Ltd

  P.O. Box 8308
  2000 Johannesburg,   South Africa 
• Publication Date: 1974-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 10-11
• Serial:
  • Railway Engineering
  • Volume: 148
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Thomson Publications South Africa Proprietary Ltd

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bridge construction; Bridges; Concrete; Concrete bridges; Construction; Reinforced concrete
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete beams; Reinforced concrete beams
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Engineering
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1975 12:00AM