US GRANT BRIDGE

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Location:

Portsmouth, Ohio, USA

Description:

The new cable-stayed bridge across the Ohio River between Ohio and Kentucky will have two lanes plus two wide shoulders, replacing two lanes total on the aging suspension bridge. The bridge has a composite steel and concrete deck supported by two planes of stays. Scheduled to open to traffic in 2006.

Total length: 657 m (2155 ft.)
Main span: 267 m (875 ft.)
Tower height: 89 m (292 ft.)

Owner:

Ohio Department of Transportation

Client:

C.J. Mahan Construction Company

Scope of Work:

Buckland & Taylor Ltd. provided detailed erection engineering for the construction of the new cable-stayed bridge to the Contractor, C.J. Mahan Construction Company.

Buckland & Taylor Ltd. also provided demolition engineering for the aging suspension bridge that was on an adjacent alignment. The scope of work for the erection engineering includes the development and analysis of a detailed erection sequence for the new bridge, preparation of an erection manual and the provision of geometry control and stay installation procedures. The bridge is scheduled to open to traffic in 2006.

Click here to view information on the demolition of the old bridge.

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