Beauharnois, QC, Canada
9,840-ft. (3,000 meters) highway bridge (1 bridge in each direction)
2011-2012
2012
Nouvelle Autoroute 30 CJV
Arup
Quebec Ministry of Transportation
Fabrication of the bridge superstructure (17,000 tons)
80 box girders
Longest girder: 137 ft. (41.8 meters)
Heaviest girder: 300 tons
Fabrication of 17,000 tons of steel components for two 3,281-foot (1.5 km) structures that are part of the 6,562-foot (2.5 km) bridge built across the St. Lawrence Seaway at the Beauharnois Canal.
The size and weight of the steel components was challenging for both fabrication and transportion.
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