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An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end and shaped as a curved arch
Arch bridges work by transferring weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side.
A viaduct (a long bridge) may be made from a series of arches, although other more economical structures are typically used today.
WORLD’S SECOND LONGEST ARCH BRIDGE ‘LUPU BRIDGE ’ WITH ARCH SPAN OF 550m IS MADE ON RIVER HUANGPU IN SHANGHAI (CHINA)
Features at Glance Carries
Crosses
Locale
Designer
Design
Material
Total Length
Cost
Time Span
6 lanes of South-North Elevated Road, 2 pedestrian walkways
Huangpu River
Shanghai, People's Republic of CHINA
Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute
Through Arch
Steel 3,900 m
US$ 300 million
Oct. 2000- June 2003
Foundation
Approach Bridges
Side Spans
Arch Ribs
Deck Girders
The construction of lupu bridge have 5 different phases
Shanghai has generally soft soil but being next to river the soil on site is particularly soft.
For this reason piled foundation are most suitable option
Each pile is about 67 m in length
Foundation
The majority of length of Lupu Bridge is in the approach bridges either side of the main arch
Construction of approach spans was simultaneous with that of the arch reducing the time frame of work which is less than 3 years
APPROACH BRIDGES
The side spans of Lupu Bridge were constructed using a falsework system,
The falsework supporting the side spans arch most likely to remain in position during construction of main span to help improve the stability.
SIDE SPANS
The bridge was constructed with a bold idea to use a suspended basket arch system to create a unique aesthetic effect,
The arch was build using a cantilever method, which involved supporting a cantilever inclined with a max. wt of 480 tonnes.
CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF ENGINEERS
Generally STORM (typhoon) hit that part of china nearly twice a year.
MEASURES ADOPTED
Before starting of construction the model structure is tested by forces of earthquake and typhoon.
During construction of arch the major problem arises at the end when two last segment have gap of 20cm b/w them.
The problem is solved when temperature rises to 20 degrees, the steel arch expanded and gap was closed.
The construction of an arch bridge was viewed as wasteful in respect to the extra costs associated with building this type of bridge. Other designs which were less expensive in nature were rejected in favor of the aesthetic & marvelous arch design.
Criticism
The first ever box-arch bridge in the world.
The first major arch bridge to be connected exclusively by welding. The length of on-site welding totals more than 40,000 m.
Combination of three distinctive methods of bridge-building technology: cable-stay, arch and suspension.
The volume of steel used in an arch bridge: more than 35,000 tons. It equals the steel used in building three 70,000-ton vessels.
The 16 horizontal staying cables used in the bridge-building are the longest (760 meters), thickest (18cm in diameter), heaviest (110-ton each)
The greatest thickness of on-site steel plates welding (100mm) in the construction of a steel bridge in the world.
The structure is designed to withstand a Force-12 hurricane, and can meet the challenge of an Earthquake that happens once in 3,280 years.
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