New life for an old historical steel bridge over the Mures River in Savarsin • Romania, 2008
| Client: County Council Arad Architects: |
Engineering: Prof. Radu Bancila, Dr.Ing. Edward
Petzek, Prof. Vasile Bondariuc, Dr.Ing. D. Boldus Steelwork Contractor: Amarad Arad |
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Description: This bridge is the first structure from a large program
concerning the rehabilitation of a series of historical bridges. Every
case must be separately considered. Nevertheless the rehabilitation of
such representative structures is one of the main tasks of the bridge
engineers. For the deck, the solution of a composite structure was chosen.
The thickness of the new concrete deck is 22 cm. Headed studs with D=22
mm welded through steel sheets were used. Bridge with four spans and parabolic
main girder L = 4 x 39,8 = 159,20 m
Total tonnage: Initial Structure 422 tones, Strengthening 92 tones (ca.
0,6 to / m) Total: 514 tones
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