Gateway Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Box girder bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Construction method: |
Balanced cantilever method
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| Built: | 1980 - 1986 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Australia and Oceania |
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| Crosses |
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| Next to |
Gateway Bridge (2011)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 260 m | |
| number of lanes | 6 | |
| deck | deck depth | max. 15 m |
| deck width | 21.93 m |
Materials
| superstructure |
prestressed concrete
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Notes
On completion the main span was the world
record (260m) for a prestressed concrete Free Cantilever Bridge. It held this record for over
15 years
The box girder is still the largest prestressed concrete, single box in the world , measuring
15m deep at the pier, with a box width of 12m
and an overall deck width of 22m (6lanes).
Participants
Consulting engineers
Subconsultant
- Losinger Construction AG (deck of main span)
Main contractor
Formwork
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- An Overview of Prestressed Concrete Technology in Australia, in "Journal of Prestressed Concrete, Japan", January - February 2004, n. 1 v. 46
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 70-71
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 292
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002214 |
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| Created: | 09/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |