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ECCS Awards for steel bridges 2008
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Owner: Adif
Engineer: Ideam SA

General contractor: Altec
Steelwork Contractors: Megusa

Total length : 1 208,90 m.
Main span : 63,50 m.
Height of piers between 10 m and 92 m.
Cross section : strict box girder 4,26 m deep.
No intermediate expansion joints between abutments.
Typology : continuous steel-concrete composite beam. Double composite steel-concrete action.
Erection by incremental launching method.
268 kg/m2 of S355J2W weathering steel.

ECCS Awards for steel bridges 2008 Jury's comments: Using weathering steel, this very long viaduct stretches as a straightforward gently curved segment over this Spanish valley to meet the stringe requirements of a high speed railway line.

Photos: DR

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