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Highway Engineering Discoveries posted Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Mumbai Express Way Explorers posted The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is a 5.6 km long, 8-lane wide bridge in India. See More: nickeyscircle.com/architecture-in-india/ Highway Engineering Discoveries posted Mumbai, India |
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| MumbaiTourism "The then Shivsena supremo, Balasaheb Thackeray had laid the foundation stone of the sea link in 1999. What had started as a project plan with an estimated cost of INR 6.6 billion and to be completed in 5 years went downhill due to several public interest litigations. This led to the project being delayed by 5 years and costs soaring to a whopping INR 16 billion. The Bandra Worli Sea Link Mumbai was the first project where the seismic arresters were used to make the structure strong enough to withstand earthquakes measuring up to 7.0 on Richter scale." The big cable stay bridge is probably for navigation. The little cable stay bridges is probably because of the geology of the bedrock. The bedrock varries a lot, and it had to be surveyed before they could design the bridge. "The highest pylon towers measure 128 metres [420'] with their heights gradually decreasing in cross-section. The viaducts on either side are the heaviest concrete-steel mix precast superstructure segments built in India using span by span method. The length of the cable- stayed span portion towards the Bandra end measures 600 metres [1970'] with a total of 264 cable stays and that of the Worli end measures 250 metres [820'] with a total of 160 cable stays." |
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| Nilesh Trivedi posted Worli Sea Link Bridge Mumbai, India |
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| RoadTraffic-Technology Fishermen generated some of the litigation. The height of the bridge was increased "to aid the movement of their boats under the bridge." The total length of the bridge is 4.7km (3 miles). |
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| RoadTraffic-Technology "The Asian Hercules (weighing 5,600t and owned by and hired from Asian Lift), the world’s largest floating shear leg crane was used to lift a 1,260t 110m-long launching truss into place on the Worli side of the bridge. Two launching trusses (one on each end) were used to lift the precast concrete segments of the bridge deck into place. Each launching truss could lift 15 x 130t segments into place at once and were then crawled across the sea bed to fit segments on the next pillar." |
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| scroll, Aaran Patel "Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli Sea Link is a symbol of aspiration – and reckless development. The iconic bridge caters almost exclusively to Mumbai’s privileged car-owners. Should similar infrastructure projects be prioritized in the future?" [Evidently "yes" because on a satellite map I saw construction of the Trans Harbour Sea Link, which makes this bridge look small.] |
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| datajembatan The bridge cost US$270m. "The largest pylons for the bridge consist of diamond shaped 128 metres (420 ft) high concrete tower featuring flaring lower legs, converging upper legs, a unified tower head housing the stays and a continuously varying cross section along the height of tower." A custom "automatic climbing shutter formwork system" was used to build the tower legs with 3m (10') jumps. |
This photo is not of this bridge. If you know where it is, please leave a comment.
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