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Aug 2009
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Authors: Don Bergman, Andrew Griezic, and Chris ScollardAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Civil Engineering Magazine Archive
Volume 79, Issue 8
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The problem: how to cross a wide navigable river beneath an airport’s flight path given the fact that a cable-stayed bridge would be too tall and a concrete box girder bridge too deep. The solution: an extradosed bridge—a hybrid of the two bridge forms that features shorter towers and shorter girder profiles. The new bridge, in Vancouver, British Columbia, is the first extradosed bridge to be completed in North America.
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Published in print: Aug 2009
Published online: Jan 1, 2016
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Don Bergman
P.Eng.
Andrew Griezic
P.Eng.
Chris Scollard
P.Eng.
Project Principal and Engineer Buckland & Taylor, Ltd., of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
Project Manager and Engineer Buckland & Taylor, Ltd., of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
Designer, Engineer, and the Principal Analyst for the Design and Erection Engineering of the North Arm Bridge Buckland & Taylor, Ltd., of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
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