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https://doi.org/10.3141/1696-41

http://scholar.google.com...Pate&publication_year=2000

An outstanding accomplishment of bridge design, construction, and management, the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal Bridge demonstrates that precast, segmental, cable-stayed bridges can be an economical and aesthetically pleasing solution in an area of the country where steel bridges are predominant. The C&D Canal Bridge is the first major concrete segmental cable-stayed bridge structure to be completed in the Northeast. The $58 million C&D Canal Bridge is a precast concrete, segmental structure 1417 m (4,650 ft) in length. Twin parallel box girders were designed to provide six lanes of travel with a total bridge width of 38.7 m (127 ft), with each precast box girder containing three 3.65-m (12-ft) lanes and two 3-m (10-ft) shoulders. Innovative construction techniques, economy, and aesthetics were the primary focus of the construction and design solutions used for the 229-m (750-ft) cable-stayed main-span crossing. The bridge was completed on schedule, with no claims or suits, at a cost slightly under the original bid. A quality-based selection process for the bridge designer, a prequalification process for the selection of the contractor, a disputes review panel, and informal partnering during construction all contributed greatly to a very successful project. The use of precast concrete elements provided an efficient and time-saving technique for the construction of this bridge. In addition, precast concrete box girders, box piers, and delta frames were designed to anchor the cable stays and make the parallel trapezoidal box girders monolithic throughout the main span.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1696, Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference, April 3-5, 2000, Tampa, Florida, Volume 2. The revised name of this series is Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

English

p. 44-48

2000

Transportation Research Record

Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference

0309071224

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Aesthetics; Box girders; Cable stayed bridges; Construction; Contractors; Costs; Design; Designers; Innovation; Precast concrete; Segmental construction; Selection and appointment

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Bridge

Delaware

Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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