Érika Ferrer, Sara Nmire, Monica Mendoza, Angel Cugat and Alba Bertomeu
*CARACTERISTICS *PROS AND CONS OF CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES *COMPRESSION AND TENSION *RIO-ANTIRRIO BRIDGE *CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIO-ANTIRRIO BRIDGE
* The first modern cable-stayed bridge was completed in Sweden in 1956. * This bridge’s desing and success were made possible as new material construccion techniques were developed.
* Cable-stayed bridges have one or more towers, each of which anchors a set.
and
PROS: *Spans medium distance (500-2.800 feet). *It is less expensive and faster to build. CONS: *They are the most typical type of bridges, except for suspension bridges.
COMPRESSION:
*As
traffic pushes down on the roadway, the cables, to which the roadway is attached,transfer the load to the towers.
TENSION:
*The
force of tension is constantly acting on the cable, which are stretched because they are attatched to the roadway.
*The
Rio–Antirrio bridge is one of the world's longest multispan cable-stayed bridges and the longest of the fully suspended type.
*This bridge is located in Greece. *Its total lenght is 2.880 meters (9.450 feet) *Its width is 27,2 meters (89 feet) *Its official name is the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge. *Charilaos Trikoupis was a 19th-century Greek prime
minister; he suggested the idea of building a bridge between Rio and Antirio.
* The bridge was planned in the mid-1990s and it was
built by a French-Greek consortium led by the French group VINCI, and which includes the Greek companies Hellenic Technodomiki-TEV, J&P-Avax, Athena, Proodeftiki and Pantechniki.
* The
bridge was finally inaugurated on August 7, 2004, a week before the opening of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
* The total â‚Ź.
cost of the bridge was about 630,000,000
We hope that you liked it. Made by: Érika Ferrer Monteverde Monica Mendoza Banda Angel Cugat Alba Bertomeu Sara Nmire