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Case study

Design of Highway Bridges

Project
Design of Highway Bridges
Client
Direction des Routes et de la Circulation Routière Ministère des Travaux Publics
Associated Firm
Location
Morocco
Type
Engineering
Sectors
Transportation & Highway
Date
1990 – 1994
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