CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD BRIDGES OVER THE JHELUM AND SUTLEJ RIVERS, PAKISTAN
The paper describes the construction of two prestressed concrete road bridges in pakistan. The first on the jhelum river at jhelum, 90 miles north of lahore on the grand trunk road to peshawar about 770 miles from karachi at the coast. The second on the sutlej river near bahawalpur, 420 miles north of karachi and 260 miles by road south of lahore. (figure 1). Construction of the jhelum bridge was started in August, 1965 and completed in july, 1968. Construction of the bahawalpur bridge was started in may, 1966 and completed in August, 1968. The tender value of each bridge was found1750000. (A) /TRRL/
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Institution of Highway Engineers
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Authors:
- Fishwick, A L
- Publication Date: 1975-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 19-25
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Serial:
- Highway Engineer
- Volume: 22
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Whitehall Press Limited
- ISSN: 0306-6452
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Beams; Brick; Bridge design; Bridges; Construction management; Costs; Deflection; Foreign; Highway bridges; Launching; Loads; Precast concrete; Prestressed concrete; Rivers; Road construction; Structural design; Tests; Wells
- Geographic Terms: Pakistan
- ITRD Terms: 3472: Beam; 4516: Brick; 3455: Bridge; 3666: Construction method; 224: Cost; 5586: Deflection; 1088: Inland waterway; 3412: Launching (by sliding); 5567: Load; 8085: Pakistan; 4792: Precast concrete; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 3665: Road construction; 6255: Test; 4386: Well
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Finance; Highways; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00125615
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM