The New Lifting Bridge in Bordeaux, France - Mechanism Design Code Constraints and Freedoms
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Paul Skelton
(Hardesty & Hanover, LLC, New York, NY, USA)
Keith Griesing (Hardesty & Hanover, LLC, New York, NY, USA) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Conference Geneva 2015 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 686-692 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| Year: | 2015 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137815818357818 | ||||
| Abstract: |
While the design creates a visual lightness, the 2720 ton, 117m vertical lift span of the Jacques Chaban-Delmas Bridge in Bordeaux France is designed to carry four lanes of traffic, two sweeping pedestrian and bicycle paths and two light rail tracks. The unique design build process successfully drove a fierce competition resulting in several dramatic designs. This paper will focus on some of the innovative techniques that would not be permitted by North American design standards. |
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| Keywords: |
design bridge machinery movable lift sheave Bordeaux
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