The Deck
The bridge deck is made up of five sections.
The deck units were installed in sequence and then welded together. Details of the deck units are shown below:
- Deck one and five
- 79 ft (24 m) long
- 16 ft (4.9 m) wide
- weight 19 long tons (19 t)
- Deck two and four
- 85 ft (26 m) long
- 31.2 ft (9.5 m) wide (at the outriggers)
- weight 25 long tons (25 t)
- Deck three
- 118 ft (36 m) long
- 49 ft (15 m) wide (at the outriggers)
- weight 55 long tons (56 t)
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