CE 418

Design of Composite Bridge

 Components of a Bridge

1. Decking, consisting of a slab, girder, trusses, etc

2. Bearings of the decking
3. Abutments and piers
4. Foundations for the abutments and pier
5. River training works
6. Approaches to the bridge to connect the bridge proper to
the roads
7. Handrails
 Classification of Bridges
1. According to function: aqueduct( canal over a river), viaduct (road
or railway over a valley), pedestrian, highway, railway, road-cum
railway or pipe line bridge
2. According to the material of construction: RC, PC, Timber,
masonry and composite bridge
3. According to the form of superstructure: slab, beam, truss, arch,
suspension or cable stayed bridge
4. According to inter-span relation: simple, continuous or cantilever
bridge
5. According to span length: culvert (less than 8 m), minor bridge(8 to
30 m) major bridge (above 30 m) or long span bridge (above 120 m)
6. According to degree of redundancy: determinate or indeterminate
bridge
7. According to anticipated type of service and duration of use:
permanent, temporary, military bridge
Meghna Bridge
PC-Box Girder Bridge
Meghna-Gomti Bridge
PC-Box Girder Bridge
Lalon Shah Bridge
Precast Post-tensioned Box
Girder Bridge
Jamuna Bridge
Precast Prestressed Glued
Box Girder Bridge
 pre-tensioned precast
Padma multi-purpose bridge concrete super-T girders
with a cast-in-situ
composite deck slab
110m 110m 110m

Exp Jt Exp Jt

Third Karnaphuli Bridge

Extradose prestressed concrete
box girder
 Preliminary data needed for Bridge construction
1. Name of the river, road and probable location of the bridge
site
2. Location of the nearest GTS bench mark with RLs

3. Present and anticipated future volume of traffic on the road

at the bridge site

4. Hydraulic data pertaining to the river, including HFL, OFL,

and LWL, site, shape, slope and nature of the catchment,
intensity and frequency of rainfall in the catchment, and
probability of large trees or rolling debris floating down the
stream
3. Safety
4. construction experience
5. Traffic control
6. Soil conditions
7. seismicity