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Design & Construction of
New BG Railway Bridge across MAHI RIVER at
Vasad. |
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| Client : |
The C. E. (Const.) Western Railway, Ahmedabad. |
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| Cost of Work : |
Rs. 60 Millions |
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| Year of Completion : |
September 1993 |
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| Description of Work : |
Design and construction of New Broad
Guage Railway Bridge consisting of 16 spans
of 32.75 meters, Comprising PSC Girders.
Including construction of foundations having
1500 mm diameter Bored Cast-in-Situ Piles
(Total 106 no. Average Depth 24 meters)
, Sub-structure comprising monopiers of
18.6 meters height.
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New BG
Railway Bridge across River Mahi at
Vasad, Baroda.
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Monopiers
with 16 spans of 32.75 meters long
PSC girders.
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524
meters long new BG Railway Bridge on river
Mahi.
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| Remarks
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Some of the interesting highlights
of this project were as following :
- PSC girders launching done at 20 meters height
from bed level.
- Initial pile was tested for test load of 800
tons.
- Concrete volume for each pile cap was 100
Cu.m.
- Most of the piling work was done at strata
met with aquifer layer having artesian conditions.
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