PLYMOUTH CAR PARK STRADLES RAILWAY LINE

This article briefly describes a multi-story car park for 310 cars built over a section of the London-Plymouth Main-line Railway. The three-story car park is built on a bridge of precast prestressed concrete beams that span 16m between in-situ columns and beams on either side of a cutting on the railway line. Details are given of the costs, design, concrete mix and construction methods. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  32 Southwark Bridge Road
  London SE1 9EX,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-4-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 38
• Serial:
  • CONTRACT JOURNAL
  • Volume: 252
  • Issue Number: 4884
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information, Limited
  • ISSN: 0010-7859

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction management; Costs; Design; Multistory structures; Parking garages; Precast concrete; Prestressed concrete; Railroad tracks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Brighteners
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 924: Multi storey parking garage; 4792: Precast concrete; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00082787
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1975 12:00AM