LARAGE CIVIL PROJECTS

BRIDGES
1- Background

• Bridges are major transportation means

• Humans started building bridges thousands of
years ago

•Bridges are used to:

•Overcome Natural Obstacles
•Disengage Traffic at major Intersections

Vancouver Island - CANADA

1- Background
•Bridges are used to:
•Overcome Natural Obstacles
•Disengage Traffic at major Intersections

Manhattan Island
1- Background
•Bridges are used to:
•Overcome Natural Obstacles
•Disengage Traffic at major Intersections

Rio Grande
1- Background

•Bridges are used to:

•Overcome Natural Obstacles
•Disengage Traffic at major Intersections
•Secure Pedestrian traffic
 1- Background
El-Jamarat Bridges (MINA- Saudi Arabia)

Securing Pedestrian Traffic

2- Classification
 2- Classification According to Usage
• Pedestrian Bridges:

ALBANIA Pakistan

SRILANKA

PERU
2- Classification According to Usage

• Highway Bridges:
2- Classification According to Usage

• Railway Bridges:
2- Classification According to Usage

• Mixed Usage Bridges:

2- Classification According to Material
• Rope Bridges:
 2- Classification According to Material

• Wood Bridges:

Covered Bridge
2- Classification According to Material

• Stone Bridges:
 2- Classification According to Material

• Iron Bridges:

West 94 st., Central Park, NY Coalbrookdale Iron Bridge, England

 2- Classification According to Material

• Steel Bridges:

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 2- Classification According to Material

• Reinforced Concrete Bridges:

Hoover Dam bypass, USA

Intersection in Jubail, KSA

Rio De Janero, Brasil

 2- Classification According to Material

• Composite Bridges:

Reinforced Concrete - Steel

2- Classification According to Material

• Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bridges:

 2- Classification According to Deck Type

• Slab Bridges:
 2- Classification According to Deck Type

• Girder Bridges:

Simple or continuous beams

 2- Classification According to Deck Type

• Girder Bridges:

Arch Girder
 2- Classification According to Deck Type

• Truss Bridges:

Through Type Deck Type

 2- Classification According to Deck Type

• Truss Bridges:

Rigid Truss Verndeel Truss

Pony Truss
2- Classification According to Deck Type

• Box Girder Bridges:

2- Classification According to Deck Type

• Box Girder Bridges:

 2- Classification According to Main Support

• Pier supported:
2- Classification According to Main Support
• Suspension:
2- Classification According to Main Support

• Cable-Stayed:

Higashi Kobe Bridge

Kisogawa Bridge
 2- Classification According to Main Support

• Cable-Stayed Bridges:

• Geometric Relations:

• Height of Pylon above Deck = (0.2 – 0.3) Main

Span
• Side Span = (0.4 – 0.5) Main Span
 2- Classification According to Main Support

• Cable-Stayed Bridges:

• Cable Arrangements:

• Harp (Cables are parallel)

• Fan or Radiating (from top of Pylon)
• Modified Fan (cables are not parallel but not
radiating from one point)
 2- Classification According to Main Support

• Cable-Stayed Bridges:
• Cable Planes:

Jordan

Brazil
USA Thailand
2- Classification According to Main Support

• Cable-Stayed Bridges:
• Pylon Designs:
3- Span Comparisons
4- Iconic Bridges

Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge and the Observation deck

4- Iconic Bridges

Point Vecchio (Italy)

4- Iconic Bridges

Pont Du Gard Bridge (Spain)

4- Iconic Bridges

Khaju bridge (Isfahan, Iran)

4- Iconic Bridges

Tower bridge
4- Iconic Bridges

Brooklyn Bridge
4- Iconic Bridges

Golden Gate bridge

4- Iconic Bridges

Akashi Bridge
4- Iconic Bridges

Higashi Kobe Bridge

4- Iconic Bridges

Aberfeldy CSB: The first FRP CSB in Europe

4- Iconic Bridges

El-Salam Bridge over Suez Canal

4- Iconic Bridges

El-Salam Bridge over Suez Canal

4- Iconic Bridges
Aswan Bridge