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 Engineering v 181 n 4707 May 25 1956 p 408-9)
Railway bridge repair
Engineer
Engineer ; 201 , n 5229
1956
Article (Journal)
English
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