Aluminum alloy bridge at Port of Sunderland spans junction between Hudson and Hendon Docks; bridge is of double leaf trunnion bascule type designed to carry road and rail traffic; max loads are those of 70-ton truck on two axles or train of 15-ton axle loads at 10-ft centers for railway and 75-ton trailer on two 4-wheel axles for roadway. (see also Civ Engrs Rev Dec 1948 p 421-3; Civ Eng (Lond) v 43 n 510 Dec 1948 p 624-5; Dock and Harbour Authority v 29 n 338 Dec 1948 p 208-9; Eng News-Rec v 141 n 25 Dec 16 1948 p 10; Engineer v 186 n 4845 Dec 3 1948 p 575-8; Surveyor v 107 n 2965 Dec 3 1948 p 645; Light Metals v 11 n 131 Dec 1948 p 655-62; S African Engr v 39 n 368 Jan 1949 p 8-9, 11; Australasian Engr Mar 1949 p 89; Ry Gaz v 91 n 18 Oct 28 1949 p 504-5, 507)
Aluminum alloy bascule bridge
Roads Road Construction
Roads and Road Construction ; 26 , n 312
1948
2 pages
2 Supp Plates
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1949
A double-leaf bascule railway bridge
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