Chaco-Corrientes Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | General Manuel Belgrano Bridge |
| Built: | 1968 - 1973 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina, South America Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina, South America |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
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 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| July 1996 End of 1997 | Cable-stays are replaced. |
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Participants
Structural engineering
Construction
Co-contractor
Stay cable steel supplier
Rehabilitation (-1998)
Structural engineering
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Le pont de Chaco-Corrientes, sur le Parana en Argentine, in "Travaux", August 1975, n. 485-486
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 688-689
- Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France), 2004; pp. 24
- La prefabbricazione nei ponti strallati in c.a.p. / Prefabrication in Cable-Stayed Bridges in P.C., in "Rassegna - Edizione Bilingue", 2003, n. 79
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 174
- 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.
- Schrägseilbrücken, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3433009244, 1986; pp. 36
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002343 |
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| Created: | 15/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |