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Bridge Superstructure Report
Bridge Superstructure Report
The objective of this section is to provide a concept design of Pedestrian/Cyclist Bridge between
Sutton Street and Smith Street.
The freeway between the Sutton Street and Smith Street limits the gradient required
without traversing additional distance over the freeway.
The height clearance between the base of the freeway deck and the top of train is not
sufficient to place the bridge.
Station
Sutton Street
Federation Trail
Railway Track
Mooney Ponds Creek
Smith Street
Elevation
3m AHD
2m AHD
3m AHD
1m AHD
3m AHD
Material
Timber deck
Density
750 kg/m3
Unit weight
7.3575 kN/m3
Secondary Beam
150UB18.0
18 kg/m
0.1765 kN/m
Primary beam
530UB92.4
92.4 kg/m
0.906 kN/m
The steel grade used was of yield strength of 320 MPa. Timber was used as deck material to reduce
the load on the girders. The Bridge was designed as a girder bridge with two piers at 16m from the
end abutments symmetrically located with sufficient clearance over the Moonee Ponds Creek as
shown in figure of drawings. Steel was chosen as the material for the girders to design the bridge as
a simple girder span to reduce the number of piers required to support the superstructure owing to
its higher tensile strength than concrete.
Value
length of primary beam
length of secondary beam
effective spacing (primary beam)
effective spacing (secondary beam)
depth of the timber deck
Superimposed dead load
Live load
16
3.6
1.2
1.6
0.02
1
5
unit
m
m
m
m
m
kPa
kPa
The loads are calculated using the parameters listed in table3 above and the material properties
listed in table 2.
Loads Considered
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.8
The design actions are calculated for the load factors mentioned in table 4 above and behaviour of
the superstructure was analysed to check for the structural limits listed in AS5100.2.
SLS (kN/m)
ULS (kN/m)
Design Moment
Design Shear
Deflection
Deflection Limit
Design Load
Design Strength
Compression
Moment
Combined bending and
compression