Forth Road Bridge - First internal inspection, strength evaluation, acoustic monitoring and dehumidification of the main cables

Advances in Cable-Supported Bridges

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 201-214

  Colford, Barry R ^a   Cocksedge, Charles P E ^b  

^a Forth Estuary Transport Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b Faber Maunsell   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS; BRIDGE CABLES; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; INSPECTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACOUSTIC MONITORING; CURRENT STATUS; FORTH ROAD BRIDGES; KEY LINKS; MAIN CABLES; STRENGTH EVALUATIONS; TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES; TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES;

EID: 60749108930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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3. British Standards Institution, Girder Bridges, Part 3 - Loads and Stresses, Section A - Loads, BSI, 1954, BS 153.
4. Flint & Neill, Audit of the Main Cable Inspection and Assessment - Final Report, Flint and Neill Partnership, 2006.
5. Mott, Hay & Anderson and Freeman Fox and Partners, Forth Road Bridge - Cable Spinning, Resident Engineer's Office, 1962
6. Mott, Hay & Anderson and Freeman Fox and Partners, Forth Road Bridge - Report on wrapping of side and main spans cables, behaviour of cables, cable bands, saddle clamps and suspenders during suspended structure erection, and erection of permanent handstrands and dismantling of footwalks, Resident Engineer's Office, 1964
7. National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Report 534 - Guidelines for Inspection and Strength Evaluation of Suspension Bridge Parallel-Wire Cables, Transportation Research Board, 2004.