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Apr 26, 2012
Design of Drilled Shaft Foundations for the Cooper River Bridge
Publication: Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects
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Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina has a length of approximately two miles (3.2 km), including a cable-stayed structure with a main span of 1,546 ft (471 m), approach structures and extensive interchange ramps on both sides of the crossing. These structures are supported by 405 drilled shafts with design capacities up to 11,000 kips (49 MN) and lengths as much as 237 ft (72 m). All drilled shafts are founded in the Cooper Marl formation. The paper documents the results from construction-stage Osterberg load tests and describes the design of these unusually deep, high capacity drilled shaft foundations.
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Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects
Pages: 334 - 346
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Raymond J. Castelli
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Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10119
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