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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 7:23 am
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Originally Posted by mapsmith
Really kinda neat that they "pushed" the bridge deck to the piers from the edges at about 2 foot a push. All done with Hydraulics. Really nice to see how it was done.
Launching gantries are standard technology for long bridge construction. Any FTer wanting to see one in action at the moment should fly into London City Airport where one is in use this week placing the viaduct for the railway extension to the airport. It's the yellow structure currently towering over the airport approach road. See page 5 of 9 here
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