Die Zwillings-Verbundschraegkabelbruecke ueber den Houston Ship Channel bei Baytown, TexasTwin cable-staged bridge over the Houston ship channel near Baytown, Texas
Date
1997
Authors
Svensson HS
Hopf S
Humpf K
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Abstract
This is the first cable-stayed bridge with two superstructures, and its total deck area of about 32 800 m2 makes it one of the largest cable-stayed bridges to date. The cable-stayed bridge has a main span of 381 m and a navigational clearance of 53 m. Each of the two beams is 24 m wide and comprises a steel grid from exterior main girders and cross-girders, all built from plate girders, with a concrete roadway slab on top. The twin concrete towers with a double diamond shape rise 130 m above ground. In transverse direction they carry the loads by truss action
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57-63
Keywords
Bridge decks, Cable stayed bridges, Plate girder bridges, Steel beams and girders, Structural design, Structural loads, Texas, Trusses