about some different types of designs of bridge construction

2.  Situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
 Official Name – Rajiv Gandhi SEA Link.
 DESIGN- Cable stayed Bridge.
 Steel – Pre- stressed.
 Total Length = 5.6km.
 Width- 40 meter.
 Height – 126 meter.
 Opened – 30 June 2009.
 Deck are supported by cables.
 This Bridge can with
stand earthquake up to 8.0
richter scale.

3.  This bridge longest highway bridge as well as largest bridge
(SPAN).
 Marine geology underneath the bridge consist of
basalt, volcanic tuffs and breccias with some interappen
deposits.
 4 Lane Bridge.

4.  Situated in Japan.
 Six lane roadway.
 Design- suspension bridge.
 Total height = 282.8m.
 Total length = 3911m.
 Span length = 1991m.
 Opened in 15th April 1998.
 This bridge also Known as PEAR BRIDGE.
 Design with two hinged stiffening grider – allows
strength to withstand wind of 286km/h
earthquake upto 8.5 richter scale.

5.  Bridge contains pendulum that are designed to operate at the
resonance frequency of the bridge to dropen force.

6.  Situated in India, Jammu-Kashmir.
 Crosses Chenab river.
 Design – Arch Bridge.
 Material – Steel & concrete.
 Total length = 1263m.
 Height = 359m.
 No. of Span= 17.
 Have to be completed in Dec.-2009
but due to some reason work stopped &
now expected to completed in 2015.

7.  Situated in Shanghai, China.
 The walk way is 5.5M. HIGH.
( can fit 15 people walking
side by side.)
 Large scale circular bridge
cables pedestrians to avoid
traffic.
 Consists of numerous escala-
tor stairway for entrance &
exists.

8.  Situated in Allahabad , UP.
 Carrier – 6 Lanes highway
with pedestrain .
 Design – Cable stayed bridge.
 Aim- to minimize traffic over
mc old nani bridge.
 Bridge runs across Yamuna
river connecting the city
Allahabad to neighbour
Naini.

9.  Construction begains from 2000 to end in 2004.
 Designer- Hindustan Construction Company .
Hyundai.
 Material – Steel.
 Total Length – 1501 M.
 Width – 250 M.
 Longest span – 260M.

10.  Situated in Kolkata West- Bengal.
 Carries – Two way with 3 general purpose lanes in each
directions.
 Crosses – Ganga river.
 Design – Cable Stayed Bridge.
 Total length – 8922.96m
 Width – 35 m.
 Longest span – 457.2 m.
 Opened in 10th October ,1992 .
 It is also known as second Ho0ghly Bridge.
 Longest cable stayed bridge in India and one of the longest
in Asia.
 The bridge is used by 30,000 vehicle daily.

11.  Considerably less than the capacity of 85,000.
 Took 22 years to complete in which seven of years
have construction activity.

12.  Situated in west Bengal.
 Cantilever Bridge with
suspended span over
Hooghly River.
 Official name – Rabindra
Setu.
 Carries – 8 lanes highway
bridge.
 Crosses – Hooghly Rive.
 Designer – Randel & Palmer.
 Material – Steel.
 Total Length- 705 M.

13.  Design – Suspension type balanced cantilever & truss
Arch.
 Width – 30m.
 Height – 82m.
 Longest span – 457.2m.
 Constructed by – Cleveland
Bridge & Engineering Company.
 Constructed in 1942.
 Daily traffic – 1,00,000 vehicles
& 1,50,000 pedestrains.
 Sixth Longest Bridge of its
type in World.

14.  Situated in San Francisco, California, US.
 Design – Suspension, truss Arch & truss cause.
 Material – Steel.
 Total length – 27KM.
 Width – 27.4 M.
 Height – 227.4 M.
 Longest Span – 1280.2M.
 Bridge cross over Pacific ocean .
 It has been declared one of wonders of the Modern
world by The “American Society of Civil ENGINEER”

15.  Bridge – 6 lane HIGHWAY.
 Golden gate bridge – second most common suicide site
in the world after Nanjng Yangzi River Bridge.
 Longest Suspension bridge main Span in the world
(1280.2M).
 Allowable Speed has been reduced from (89KM/H)
to ( 72 KM/H)

16.  Situated in China.
 496 metres high.
 4 lane road way.
 World’s highest Bridge.
 Completed in 2009,
Opened in 15th Nov.
2009.
 High way bridge.
 Suspension bridge
design.

17.  Expected to be the world’s highest rail bridge.

18.  Situated in Sydney , Australia .
 Design - Arch Bridge.
 Carries – Train , Motor
vehicles, pedestrians
and bicycles.
 Total Length = 1149M.
 Width = 49M.
 Height = 134M.
 Longest Span = 503M.
 Constructed From = 28 July
1923 to 19 July 1932

20.  Completely Steel arch bridge.
 Nickname – Coathanger, because of its Arch –based
DESIGN.
 Large steel pins are used at the end of the ARCH.
allowing it to rotate to accommodate expansion and
contraction caused by change in temperature and
avoiding stresses, cause damage.
 Total weight of steel work of the bridge including the
arch span 52,300 tones, with arch itself weight 39,000
tones.

21.  Situated in India , Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu.
 Official Name – Annat Indira Gandhi Bridge.
 Design – Cantilevel Bridge.
 Refer to both road bridge & cantilever railway bridge.
 India's first Sea bridge.
 It is 2nd Longest bridge in India (after bandra-worli-
sea-link)
 rail bridge resting on concrete piers.
 Have double leaf bas cule section midway, can be
raised to let ships & barges pass through it.

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