PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
A pedestrian bridge built to span a dual carriageway and link a residential community with a recreational riverside pathway is described. The 122-m bridge is suitable for wheelchair and bicycle use. It has a soft S-shaped horizontal alignment, curvilinear corners and split-fork ramps, and consists of 11 spans of cast-in-situ reinforced concrete. Shaping details and the aesthetics of the bridge are described. Each pier is supported by two bearings one of which is a free-movement bearing, except at three sites where two free-movement bearings were installed. The stresses in the reinforcement were kept low in order to control the size of cracks in the reinforced concrete structure.
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Corporate Authors:
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
Zurich 8093, Switzerland CH-8093 -
Authors:
- Kroman, J
- TADROS, G
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 94-6
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Serial:
- STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL
- Volume: 13
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
- ISSN: 1016-8664
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Arterial highways; Bridge bearings; Construction; Cracking; Design; Footbridges; Prevention; Reinforced concrete; Stresses
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- ITRD Terms: 9107: Aesthetics; 3415: Bearing (bridge); 8018: Canada; 3655: Construction; 5211: Cracking; 9011: Design (overall design); 3475: Footbridge; 2748: Main road; 9149: Prevention; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 5575: Stress (in material)
- Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00962631
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Sep 3 2003 12:00AM