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Nipigon River Bridge

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Project Details

Location

Township of Nipigon, ON, Canada

Type of Structure

820-ft. (250-m) highway bridge (2 spans)

Year(s) of Manufacture

2014 -2016

Bridge Opening

Expected in 2017

General Contractor

Bot Ferrovial Nipigon Joint Venture (BFNJV)

Engineering Firm

McCormick Rankin, a member of MMM Group

Owner

Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Products and Services

Fabrication of the steel bridge superstructure (2,000 tons)

66 girders

Longest girder: 53 ft. (16 m)

Heaviest girder: 25 tons

Metallizing

Stay cable anchorage

Installation of the bridge, including the prefabricated concrete slabs

Description

Construction of a cable-stayed bridge over the Nipigon River, running parallel to the Highway 11/17 corridor east of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

 

Features

First cable-stayed bridge ever built in the province of Ontario. Third cable-stayed bridge with continuous plate girders for which Canam-Bridges supplied the components.

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