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Structure-ID: s0002343
Created on: 11/15/01
Modified on: 12/31/04


Chaco-Corrientes Bridge

General Manuel Belgrano Bridge, Puente entre Chaco y Corrientes
Built: 1968 - 1973
Location: Between Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina and Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina
Crosses: Paraná River
General Manuel Belgrano Bridge, Corrientes, Argentina.
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Original design Jean Courbon

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Structural engineering Ammann & Whitney
Construction Condotte S.p.A.
Co-contractor Ferrocemento S.p.A.
  Impresit
  Umberto Girola
Stay cable steel supplier Bridon International
Rehabilitation (-1998)
Structural engineering De Miranda Associati
Contractor Freyssinet International

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
piers  reinforced concrete
pylons  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  total length 2 800 m
  suspended length 510 m
deck   deck depth 3.50 m
  deck width 14.5 m
main bridge   main spans 163.50 m - 245.00 m - 163.50 m
pylon   pylon height 84.00 m

Chronology
July 1996 End of 1997
Cable-stays are replaced.

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External LinkCondotte: Parana River Bridge English
External LinkCondotte: Ponte sul fiume Paranà - Argentina Italian

Relevant Literature
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 24.
* Duvoy, C.-E.   Le pont de Chaco-Corrientes, sur le Parana en Argentine, in "Travaux", August 1975, n. 485-486 .
* Fernández Troyano, Leonardo   Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 688-689.
* Petrangeli, Mario P.   La prefabbricazione nei ponti strallati in c.a.p. / Prefabrication in Cable-Stayed Bridges in P.C., in "Rassegna - Edizione Bilingue", 2003, n. 79 .
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 174.
* Prato, Carlos A.   Application of Ambient Vibration Measurements for Repair of the Chaco-Corrientes Cable-Stayed Bridge in Argentina, presented at International Seminar, Workshop and Exhibition held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, April 28-May 1, 1997.
* Roik, Karlheinz   Schrägseilbrücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3433009244, 1986; pp. 36.

 
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