COMPARISON OF SOME LIFTING BRIDGE METAL DECKS

COMPARAISON DE QUELQUES TABLIERS METALLIQUES DE PONTS LEVANTS

The authors recall the present role of lifting bridges. The decks of this type of bridge are always designed mainly for compactness and light-weight. The weight influences the counterweights, suspension cables and lifting devices. The compactness mimimizes the effect of the wind during lifting. The thickness of the deck is also designed to be reduced to a mimimum to ensure a maximum free height for ships. This is why steel is most often selected for this type of structure. Details are given of existing bridges, some of which having orthotropic decks others being of the beam-under-carriageway type. A table shows the main characteristics of the bridge decks of the lifting bridges over the Bruxelles Canal. Attention is drawn to the fact that the designs used for lifting bridges can be utilized for larger-span bridges where steel is used in conjunction with reinforced and precast concrete. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Centre Belgo-Luxembourg d'Information de l'Acier

  47 rue Montoyer
  B-1040 Brussels,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • Rooryck, R
  • Hilgers, N
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 520-526
• Serial:
  • Acier/Stahl/Steel
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Centre Belgo-Luxembourg d'Information de l'Acier

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bridge decks; Design; Drawbridges; Installation; Lift bridges; Metal bridges; Orthotropic; Orthotropic plates; Rivers; Size; Steel; Steel bridges; Suspension cables; Weight
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• ITRD Terms: 3472: Beam; 8008: Belgium; 3482: Bridge deck; 3389: Caisson; 1088: Inland waterway; 3840: Installation; 3457: Lifting bridge; 3490: Orthotropic plate; 4542: Steel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128149
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Central and Regional Labs of Bridges & Highways,Fr
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM