Cable bridge surat or pandit dindayal upadhyay bridge is a cable stayed bridge over the tapti river that connects the athwa and adajan areas of surat india the bridge is named after indian politician and thinker deendayal upadhyaya a connected 3 way interchange flyover bridge was constructed on the athwa side to facilitate easy flow of traffic.
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Both the viaducts used precast segmental construction.
The north end viaduct the central cable stayed spans and the south end viaduct.
Construction of cable stayed bridges usually follows the cantilever method so their construction begins with the sinking of caissons and the erection of towers and anchorages.
The bridge consists of three distinct parts.
The bridge will carry route 181 across the corpus christi ship channel replacing the current bridge that was built back in 1959.
Each section of the deck is prestressed before continuing.
It is used in the construction of continuous concrete bridges as well as with steel girder bridges.
The technique of cable stayed construction has been used and continually developed over the last 50years.
Since 1993 ameco usa has emerged as the premier cable stayed bridge components fabrication company in the world.
It is the most common construction choice today when a bridge is required to span more than 300.
Cable stayed bridges can be either concrete or steel though a combination of both materials is often.
After the tower is built one cable and a section of the deck are constructed in each direction.
The new harbor bridge in corpus christie texas will be the longest cable stayed bridge when construction is completed in 2020.
The ilm can also be applied to tied arch and truss spans if fully assembled before launching as well as to the construction of small and medium sized cable stayed bridges.
Cable stayed method of bridge construction.