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Apr 26, 2012
Replacement of the Suspension of the Aquitaine Bridge in Bordeaux
Authors: Bruno Godart and Thierry KretzAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Structures 2001: A Structural Engineering Odyssey
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The Aquitaine bridge across the Garonne was open to traffic in 1967. Its central span is 393.75 m long, and its total length is 1,767 m. The first indications of corrosion in the main cables were observed in 1979. In 1998, a detailed inspection showed that 2 % of the wires were broken. The article describes the various investigations conducted (measurement of tension, evaluation of safety coefficient and fatigue risks), the high level monitoring applied (by acoustic monitoring), the choice of the adopted solution among other alternatives in the context of widening the deck and maintaining the traffic during repair, and the anti-corrosion protection of the new cables.
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© 2001 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bridge decks
- Bridge design
- Bridge engineering
- Bridges
- Bridges (by type)
- Cable stayed bridges
- Cables
- Construction engineering
- Construction methods
- Corrosion
- Decks
- Design (by type)
- Deterioration
- Engineering fundamentals
- Equipment and machinery
- Infrastructure
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Rehabilitation
- Structural engineering
- Structural systems
- Suspension bridges
- Traffic engineering
- Traffic management
- Traffic safety
- Transportation engineering
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Bruno Godart
Head of Division, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), 58, Boulevard Lefebvre, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
Thierry Kretz
Technical Director, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), 58, Boulevard Lefebvre, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
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