Fall Break Trip 10/20/2003: Benicia-Martinez Bridge
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On-site mock up of cast-in-place box girder section. |
On-site mock up of cast-in-place box girder section. |
On-site mock up of cast-in-place box girder section. |
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On-site mock up of cast-in-place box girder section. |
Rebar forming box girder wall. |
Bridge deck rebar being placed. |
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View on topside of bridge construction. |
Inside cast box girder. |
Inside cast box girder, looking toward areas still being constructed. |
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Inside cast box girder. |
Post-tensioning ducts. |
Post-tensioning ducts. |
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Rebar forming walls of box girder. |
Rebar forming walls of box girder. |
Rebar forming walls of box girder. |
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Students on walk through of construction site. |
Bridge deck rebar. |
View of pier on approach before water crossing. |
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On-site mixing plant. |
Bridge pier being cast. |
False work supporting bridge as it sets. |
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False work supporting bridge as it sets. |
Students in front of one of many on-site cranes. |
Zoom of one of many on-site cranes. |
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Casting of piers. |
Pile sections on barge awaiting assembly. |
Casting of piers. |
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Pile driving site. |
Pile driving site. |
Catamaran crane for lifting massive segments between two barges. |
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View down pile: white tubes link to probes to check integrity of pile. |
View down pile: white tubes link to probes to check integrity of pile. |
View down pile: white tubes link to probes to check integrity of pile. |
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View down pile: white tubes link to probes to check integrity of pile - ribs help to increase strength of pile. |
Pile section. |
Line of submerged piles. |
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Excavation bit. |
Partially driven pile. |
Deformed pile resulting from complex geotechnical profile. |
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Lightweight aggregate from North Carolina being used on bridge. |
Students walking along false work supporting bridge as concrete sets. |
False work supporting bridge as concrete sets. |
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False work supporting bridge as concrete sets. |
False work supporting bridge as concrete sets. |
False work supporting bridge as concrete sets. |
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False work supporting bridge as concrete sets. |
On-site mock up of cast-in-place box girder section. |
Students heading back to site office after "long day on the job." |
