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Bridges to Go - Temporary Bridge Structures

Bridges to Go - Temporary Bridge Structures. Bernard Shepherd GHD Manager Rail and Construction Engineering. Temporary bridges probably started with a log across a stream. Here is a modern day example in Newfoundland, Canada.

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Bridges to Go - Temporary Bridge Structures

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  1. Bridges to Go - Temporary Bridge Structures Bernard Shepherd GHD Manager Rail and Construction Engineering

  2. Temporary bridges probably started with a log across a stream. Here is a modern day example in Newfoundland, Canada.

  3. Temporary bridge types have been many and varied but the 20th Century was dominated by the Bailey Bridge designed by Sir Donald Coleman Bailey at the beginning of World War II

  4. A contemporary Bailey Bridge over the Meurthe River in France

  5. An original Bailey Bridge panel - the essential element of the design

  6. The Bailey Bridge panel was designed to be carried by 6 men

  7. Typical Bailey Bridge cross sections showing the system versatility

  8. A frequent Bailey Bridge military customer - Winston Churchill

  9. The Mabey fourth generation Bailey Bridge ( using Delta panels )

  10. Pedestrian Bridges - Safety, the most important issue The Maccabiah Games Pedestrian Bridge collapse • The time and place - July 1997 at the Maccabiah Games in Israel • The bridge - a temporary pedestrian bridge to take contestants across the highly polluted Yarkon River to the games • The contractor - a theatre set builder with no experience but a very low price • The collapse - the Australian team was crossing the bridge when it collapsed into the river • Deaths and injuries - 4 people died and 67 were injured The lessons from the tragedy • A temporary bridge must be built to the same standards as a permanent structure • Designers and Construction Contractors must be experienced and prequalified bridge engineers - no compromise is possible

  11. The Matière Unibridge - a temporary bridge for the 21st Century

  12. The Matière Unibridge - Single lane, steel deck cross section

  13. The Matière Unibridge - Two lane, concrete deck cross section with two lateral footways

  14. The Matière Unibridge - Precast abutments with sheet pile foundations/retaining structure

  15. The Matière Unibridge - Connection details between the 11.6 m box steel beams

  16. The Matière Unibridge - Connection details in the erected steel beams

  17. The Matière Unibridge - Assembly of standard elements, Phase I, time elapsed h + 3 hrs

  18. The Matière Unibridge - Completion of placing of assembled beam, Phase IV, time elapsed h + 4 hrs 30

  19. The Matière Unibridge - Completed and under test loading, h + 11 hrs 15

  20. The Matière Unibridge - Bridge open to traffic, time elapsed h + 12 hrs

  21. The Matière Unibridge - Bridge in mountainous site

  22. The Matière Unibridge - Two lane bridge with precast concrete deck

  23. The Matière Unibridge - Temporary, single lane bridge in place while new permanent bridge is being built

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