Design and construction of the Houston ship channel bridge

Date

1982

Authors

Quinn SB
Kopetz MJ

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Abstract

The paper describes the major design and construction highlights of the Houston Ship Channel Bridge, a prestressed concrete segmental structure having a length 457 m main span. The approach spans use Texas DOT standardized prestressed I-beams

Description

30-57

Keywords

BRIDGES - Construction, BRIDGES,HIGHWAY, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION - Prestressing, Construction, Texas

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