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
• 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