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Twinning of the Egongyan Bridge.
- Source :
- Structure & Infrastructure Engineering: Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design & Performance; Jul/Aug2024, Vol. 20 Issue 7/8, p960-975, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The First Egongyan Bridge in Chongqing, China was opened to traffic on December 27, 2000. It carries six-lanes of city traffic and two pedestrian paths, one on each side. It is a 600 m span suspension bridge. It was planned that the two pedestrian paths might eventually be converted to transit tracks in the future. However, with the rapid increase in urban traffic, the deck was transformed into an 8-lane bridge instead. Therefore, a new bridge parallel and adjacent to the old bridge was built for the rail transit. For aesthetic reasons, the city decided that the new bridge should also be a suspension bridge, with the same span length and tower height as the first bridge. The First Egongyan Bridge was a true suspension bridge with main cables anchored to ground anchors. However, the new bridge bridge's proximity to the first bridge necessitated the construction of a self-anchored suspension bridge that did away with a second set of ground anchors. This 600 m span happened to be the world's longest span for a self-anchored suspension bridge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CITY traffic
SUSPENSION bridges
LONG-span bridges
BRIDGES
PEDESTRIANS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15732479
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 7/8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Structure & Infrastructure Engineering: Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design & Performance
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177318658
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2023.2280054