PRESTRESSED STAYS STIFFEN SPANS

The paper reports on the construction of a concrete box girder bridge with partially prestressed concrete stays that help stabilize the high main spans above a creeping slope. The 2,224-ft-long structure spans Ganter Valley on piers as high as 394 ft, most of which are on foundation bearings that let them accommodate to the unstable slope on one side. The two-lane bridge is the project on the Simplon Pass stretch of national highway No. 9 through a mountainous section of southern Switzerland near Italy.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1980-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 68-69
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 205
  • Issue Number: 25
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girder bridges; Box girders; Bridge superstructures; Concrete; Concrete bridges; Concrete construction; Construction; Girder bridges; Highway bridges; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing; Road construction; Stability (Mechanics); Stiffness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge spans
• Old TRIS Terms: Concrete box girders; Staylines
• 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: 00334744
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM