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    The document discusses the selection and construction of a bridge for the Toome Bypass. A tied arch bridge design was chosen to allow for navigation below while keeping the approach embankments low to minimize environmental impact. The bridge features steel arches, a tie girder, and hangers to support the deck. Construction involved installing temporary supports in the river to segmentally build the superstructure across rather than floating it, as originally planned, to avoid dredging the riverbanks.

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    The document discusses the selection and construction of a bridge for the Toome Bypass. A tied arch bridge design was chosen to allow for navigation below while keeping the approach embankments low to minimize environmental impact. The bridge features steel arches, a tie girder, and hangers to support the deck. Construction involved installing temporary supports in the river to segmentally build the superstructure across rather than floating it, as originally planned, to avoid dredging the riverbanks.

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    The document discusses the selection and construction of a bridge for the Toome Bypass. A tied arch bridge design was chosen to allow for navigation below while keeping the approach embankments low to minimize environmental impact. The bridge features steel arches, a tie girder, and hangers to support the deck. Construction involved installing temporary supports in the river to segmentally build the superstructure across rather than floating it, as originally planned, to avoid dredging the riverbanks.

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    The document discusses the selection and construction of a bridge for the Toome Bypass. A tied arch bridge design was chosen to allow for navigation below while keeping the approach embankments low to minimize environmental impact. The bridge features steel arches, a tie girder, and hangers to support the deck. Construction involved installing temporary supports in the river to segmentally build the superstructure across rather than floating it, as originally planned, to avoid dredging the riverbanks.

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    A6 TOOME BYPASS: BRIDGE

    Two competing factors influenced the


    selection of the type of bridge being built:

    the need to provide 3.5 metre naviga-
    tion air draft above high river level;
    and
    the need to keep approach embank-
    ments as low as possible to reduce
    visual and environmental intrusion in
    the environmentally sensitive flat
    floodplain.

    A 'Bowstring' or tied arch design shaped
    like a bow with the string downward al-
    lows a shallow deck to be used which
    reduces the height of the approach em-
    bankments. Bridges of this type are aes-
    thetically pleasing, and give the motorist a feeling of
    openness and an unobstructed view of the river.

    A strong girder ties both ends of the supporting arch
    together, thus the name 'tied arch'. The girder con-
    nects horizontally between the arch springing points,
    balancing the large horizontal thrusts in the arch.
    Foundation design is much simpler for a tied arch
    than it is for an ordinary arch because the horizontal
    thrust is balanced internally in the girder tie. Hangers
    attached to the arch provide intermediate support for
    the tie girder.



    Bridge erection sequence

    The Toome Bypass Environmental Statement sug-
    gested the most environmentally friendly way to con-
    struct the bridge was assembly of the superstructure -
    the steel arches and bridge deck - on one side of the
    river, lifting one end of the superstructure onto a
    barge, floating the superstructure across the river and
    lifting it onto previously constructed abutments. Detail
    examination by the construction team showed this to
    be less environmentally friendly than originally
    thought; extensive dredging of the riverbanks would
    have been necessary to accommodate
    the large barge required to carry the 1540
    tonne weight of the bridge superstructure.

    The construction team re-evaluated the
    construction of the bridge superstructure
    and developed a procedure that equally
    satisfies the aspirations of the Environ-
    mental Statement, i.e. minimal damage of
    the ecological and environmentally sensi-
    tive river.

    Temporary steel supports - dolphins -
    have been installed in the river to allow
    segmental construction of the bridge over
    the river. After completion of the bridge,
    the temporary supports will be cut off
    600mm below the river bed and removed. The super-
    structure construction sequence is illustrated overleaf
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