Renewal of railway bridge at Birmingham, over Western Region tracks, British Railways; bottom chord of single truss was so heavily corroded as to require strengthening and decking had to be replaced; tension in chord was reduced by prestressing load of 230 tons applied through eight Macalloy bars of 1 in. diam. (See also Engineer v 201 n 5229 Apr 13 1956 p 344)


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    Title :

    Railway bridge repair


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 181 , n 4707


    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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