akashi kaikyo bridge
DESCRIPTION
CONSTRUCTION OF AKASHI KAIKYO BRIDGETRANSCRIPT
CONSTRUCTION OF
AKASHI KAIKYO BRIDGE
SUBMITTED BY
GOMATHI.R
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DESIGNS AND CONSTRUCTION
IMPROVEMENTS
INTERESTING FACTS
REFRENCES
INTRODUCTION
THE AKASHI-KAIKYO BRIDE WAS BUILT IN THE YEAR 1988. THE BRIDGE WAS DONE ON 1998.
AKASHI-KAIKYO IS IN JAPAN, CONNECTING CITY OF KOBE TO AWAJI-SHIMA ISLAND.
DESIGNS AND CONSTRUCTIONSTEPS IN CONSTRUCTION
EXCAVATION
FOUNDATION
LAYING OF TOWERS
CABLES
DECK
FOUNDATION
LAYING OF TOWERS
CABLES
DECK
5TH APRIL 1998
IMPROVEMENTS
INTERESTING FACTS!!!!!!!
IT COST $4.3 BILLION.
IT'S LENGTH IS 12,828 FEET.
IT'S PURPOSE WAS IT WAS A ROADWAY.
ABOUT 24,901 CARS PASS ON IT EVERYDAY.
HAS SIX TRAFFIC LANES.
THE STEEL CABLE USED FOR THE BRIDGE, CAN CIRCLE THE WORLD SEVEN TIMES.
REFERENCES
ARTICLE A MASTER OF MANY BY ROADS & BRIDGES MAGAZINE
GENERAL INFO OF AKASHI-KAIKYO BRIDGE BY HTTP://HOMEPAGE1.NIFTY.COM/MOMOTAROH/E_SUB07_1
HTML AND ROADS & BRIDGES MAGAZINE HTTP://WWW.ROADSBRIDGES.COM/AKASHI-KAIKYO-
LAYING DOWN CAISSON CONSTRUCTION METHOD BY TTP://HOMEPAGE1.NIFTY.COM/MOMOTAROH/E_SUB07_1
HTML AND ROADS & BRIDGES MAGAZINE HTTP://WWW.ROADSBRIDGES.COM/AKASHI-KAIKYO INFORMATION ABOUT FOUNDATION AND ANCHORAGE BY AND ROADS & BRIDGES MAGAZINE
HTTP://WWW.ROADSBRIDGES.COM/AKASHI-KAIKYO-BRIDGE-ARTICLE1145
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