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Famine River Bridge (Highway 73)

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Project Details

Location

St. Georges, QC, Canada

Type of Structure

485-foot (148 meters) twin-span highway bridge

Year(s) of Manufacture

2011-2012

Bridge Opening

2013

General Contractor

Grandmont et Fils ltée

Engineering Firm

Genivar

Owner

Quebec Ministry of Transportation

Products and Services

Fabrication of the bridge superstructure (1,540 tons)

24 girders

Longest girder: 176 ft.-10 in. (53.9 meters)

Heaviest girder: 112,000 lb.

Goodco Z-Tech:
16 multidirectional pot bearings

8 unidirectional pot bearings

1 LG-2 modular joint (27.5 meters)

Description

Construction of a bridge over the Famine River in St. Georges, Quebec, in the scope of the Highway 73 expansion project.

Features

Canam-Bridges fabricated the longest girders in its history in the scope of this project.

 

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