TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure
India · Design error · 5.75 km segmental PSC box girder, 45 balanced-cantilever spans of 121 m with central hinges
Each 121 m span was two precast segmental cantilevers meeting at a central hinge, so the tips had no continuity to resist long-term sag…
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