Abdoun Bridge
Kamal Shair Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 31°57′05″N35°53′38″E/ 31.95133°N 35.89391°E |
| Carries | Two wide lanes of car traffic[1] |
| Crosses | Wadi Abdoun |
| Locale | Amman,Jordan |
| Official name | Wadi Abdoun Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Abdoun Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | cable-stayedsuspension |
| Total length | 417 metres (1,368 ft)[2] |
| Height | 71 metres (233 ft) |
| Longest span | 134 metres (440 ft) |
| Clearance below | 45 metres (148 ft) |
| History | |
| Architect | Dar Al-Handasah[3] |
| Designer | Seshadri Srinivasan[3] |
| Constructed by | L&T |
| Construction start | 14 December 2002 |
| Opened | 14 December 2006 |
| Location | |
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Wadi Abdoun Bridgeor theKamal Al-ShairBridge is a bridge inAmman,Jordan.The onlycable-stayed bridgein the country, it crosses theWadi Abdoun.The building of the bridge commenced on 14 December 2002, and it was opened on 14 December 2006 and was built byLarsen & Toubro Limited,anIndianmultinational company. It is part of Amman's Beltway project and links South Amman to the4th CircleandZahran Street.Since it was opened it has witnessed over 70 cases of attempted suicide.[4]
Design
[edit]The bridge has three Y-shaped towers to make two equal main spans of 134 meters in length. The bridge deck is shaped like an S-curve to aid in connecting to the adjoining roadways and the stays form a harp arrangement.[5]The project was delayed by one year due to its technical complication and few incidents during construction.
The structural designer,Dar Al-Handasah,won a commendation award in 2007 from theInstitution of Structural Engineersfor this bridge.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Janberg, Nicolas (2008)."Structurae (en): Wadi Abdoun Bridge (2006)".Retrieved2008-04-18.
- ^Taylor, Eddie (November 2006)."Spanning the Future"(PDF).Royal Jordanian.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on November 22, 2008.Retrieved2008-04-18.
- ^abAbuNada, Roaa (25 October 2021)."Abdoun Bridge a blend of utility and style".Jordan News.
- ^"Abdoun Bridge".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-02-22.RetrievedApril 18,2008.
- ^Srinivasan, Gopal (December 2007)."Design for Construction, Economy and Elegance in Concrete Bridges"(PDF).Structural Concrete (fib-news).8(4).International Federation for Structural Concrete:213–217.doi:10.1680/stco.2007.8.4.213.ISSN1464-4177.Archived fromthe original(pdf)on 2010-03-08.RetrievedNovember 15,2009.
- ^"Awards for Transportation Structures 2007".Institution of Structural Engineers.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-16.RetrievedNovember 15,2009.
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