Case study
Design of Highway Bridges
Project | Design of Highway Bridges
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Client | Direction des Routes et de la Circulation Routière Ministère des Travaux Publics
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Associated Firm | – |
Location | Morocco
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Type | Engineering
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Sectors | Transportation & Highway
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Date | 1990 – 1994
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Project Details
Description of Actual Services Provided:
In addition to the tens of bridges included in the Kenitra – Larache Section of the Rabat Tanger Motorway, about twenty highway structures were designed in various regions in Morocco.
– 3 bridges on the Kenitra By-pass including a major bridge over River Loukkos, consisting of 5 spans, 38 m each, post-tensioned girders, over 60 m deep pile foundation;
– five bridges and Irish-Crossings in the Azilal Region;
– four bridges, 3 to 5 spans each, 28 m to 41 m spans, in post-tensioned girders on pile foundations, for roads realignment necessitated by the construction of the Wahda Dam in Taounate Region;
– six bridges over rivers and railroads in the Fes Region; and a bridge over River Bou-Regreg Rabat Bypass, 4 spans 38 m each in post tensioned variable section box-girders, over pile foundations