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Structure-ID: s0001104
Created on: 10/08/00
Modified on: 02/16/04


Adhamiyah Bridge

Built: 1980 - 1983
Location: Adhamiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Crosses: Tigris River
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
harp arrangement
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Iraq Ministry of Housing and Construction
Client State Organisation of Roads and Bridges
Design Al-Kubaisi & Partner
  Maunsell & Partners
Construction Sumitomo Construction foundations
approaches
Contractor Marubeni Corporation
Steel construction Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Concrete construction Sumitomo Construction deck

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
pylon  steel
deck  steel
Dimensions
  total length 370 m
  span lengths 66.25 m - 182.50 m - 60.00 m - 61.25 m
  roadway / carriageway width 2 x 10.50 m
deck   deck depth 3.33 m
  deck width 29.50 m
pylon   pylon height 55.70 m

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External LinkJapan Steel Bridge Engineering Association: Adhamiyah Bridge Japanese

Relevant Literature
* Al-Bayah, I. Ismail   Adhamiyah Bridge, Baghdad: Part 2. Construction, in "The Structural Engineer", January 1984, n. 1 v. 62 .
* Lee, D. J.   Adhamiyah Bridge, Baghdad: Part 1. Design, in "The Structural Engineer", January 1984, n. 1 v. 62 .
* Roik, Karlheinz   Schrägseilbrücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3433009244, 1986; pp. 32.

 
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