SONGSU BRIDGE, WIDENING OF AN EXISTING MULTI-SPAN TRUSS BRIDGE

As traffic density and vehicle weights rise many key bridges in the most heavily congested cities are found to be in need of widening and strengthening. The technical challenges for designers and contractors working on these schemes include maintaining traffic flow through construction, building onto existing structures that may already be heavily loaded and planning of erection sequences to acquire the required state of stress and profile in the widened structure. This paper describes the widening of Songsu Bridge, an example of where these criteria are major factors influencing the design solution.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • KING, M J
  • Howells, J D
  • Sanders, P A
• Conference:
  • Fourth International Conference on Bridge Management, Proceedings
  • Location: University of Surrey, Guildford, England
  • Date: 2000-4-16 to 2000-4-19
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 664-672

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Expansion; Highway bridges; Rehabilitation; Structural strengthening; Traffic flow; Width
• Geographic Terms: South Korea
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00806264
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0727728547
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 25 2001 12:00AM