Cable-stayed canal crossing
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The main feature of the Relief Route, which bypasses 47 miles of the US 13 route by connecting Interstate 95, south of Wilmington, DE, with SR-1, south of Dover, DE, is a prestressed concrete segmental bridge over Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The elementary components for the construction of the segmental bridge includes prestressed concrete piles, main span delta frames, box-pier segments and trapezoidal box girders. The new Relief Route will help to relieve the traffic in the much congested US 13 route.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1995
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Shoring up Lake Shore Drive
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The American Society of Civil Engineers awarded its 1998 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Merit Award to the $101-million roadway relocation project that linked the northbound and southbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, IL. The improvement project relocated roughly two miles of northbound Lake Shore Drive to accommodate 10 additional acres of parkland and a museum campus on Lake Michigan's north shore. The construction also created a safer transportation corridor.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1998
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High-performance powder
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A new lightweight reactive powder concrete has been used to build a $922,000 pedestrian bridge in Quebec. The material, made from Portland cement, crushed quartz, silica fume, steel fibers, a superplasticizer and water, is made by Paris-based Bouygues S.A., and can withstand compressive strengths of 350 mpa. The new bridge belongs to the city of Sherbrooke, with funding provided by local and national governments.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1998
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