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Aug 2005
A Bridge for all Centuries
Authors: Alex Sanjines, Jochen Keysberg, Ph.D., Rafael Manzanarez, and Man-Chung TangAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Civil Engineering Magazine Archive
Volume 75, Issue 8
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An extremely long—and record setting—main span was designed for the second bridge to cross the Panama Canal in order to meet the owner’s requirement that no piers be placed in the water. Because no disruption of canal traffic was permitted at any time, the cable-stayed bridge of cast-in-place concrete was carefully constructed using the balanced-cantilever method.
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Civil Engineering Magazine Archive
Volume 75 • Issue 8 • August 2005
Pages: 48 - 55
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© 2005 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 2005
Published online: Jan 1, 2016
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Alex Sanjines
P.E.
Jochen Keysberg, Ph.D.
Rafael Manzanarez
P.E.
Man-Chung Tang
Dr.-Ing
P.E.
Associate T.Y. Lin International in San Francisco.
Project Director Bilfinger Berger, AG, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Vice President T.Y. Lin International.
Chairman of the Board and T.Y. Lin’s Technical Director T.Y. Lin International in San Francisco.
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