West Gate Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Built: | 1968 - 1978 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australia and Oceania |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 336 m | |
| width | max. 37.3 m | |
| total length | 2582.6 m | |
| clearance | min. 53.7 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 102 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | Australian dollar 202 000 000 |
Materials
| deck of main bridge |
steel
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| deck of approaches |
concrete
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Products, Services & Reports
West Gate Bridge Upgrade
West Gate Bridge crosses the mouth of the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia. Its 2.6km overall length comprises two concrete box girder high le ...
Chronology
| 15 October 1970 | Steel span collapses during construction killing 35. |
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| 15 November 1978 | The bridge is opened. |
Participants
Design
- Freeman Fox & Partners (main bridge)
- Maunsell & Partners (approaches)
Co-contractor
Subcontractor
Steel supplier
Stay cable steel supplier
Strengthening
Wind tunnel testing
Post-collapse investigation
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Le platelage orthotrope du "West Gate Bridge" à Melbourne (Australie), in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", June 1974 v. 39
- Strengthening of the West Gate Bridge Approach Span, Melbourne, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2002, n. 1 v. 12
- West Gate, Outback Press Pty Ltd, Sydney (Australia), ISBN 0868882267, 1979
- West Gate Bridge Public Safety Barriers, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 290
- Report of Royal Commission into the Failure of West Gate(technical report), Melbourne (Australia), 1971
- A new orthotropic steel deck for West Gate (Yarra) Bridge, Melb., in "Australian Welding Journal", September 1973
- Design Modifications to West Gate Bridge, Melbourne, in "Australian Civil Engineering Transactions [IEAust]", 1974, n. 2 v. 15
- Plate Buckling in Bridges and other Structures, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon (United Kingdom), 2007
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002441 |
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| Created: | 30/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 12/03/2013 |