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Rouge River Bridge (Highway 50)

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Project Details

Location

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, QC, Canada

Type of Structure

1,240-foot (378 m), eight-lane highway bridge

Year(s) of Manufacture

2010-2011

Bridge Opening

2011

General Contractor

Construction Demathieu et Bard (CDB) inc.

Engineering Firm

Genivar

Owner

Quebec Ministry of Transportation

Products and Services

Fabrication and installation of all structural steel components (2,612 tons)

47 girders

Longest girder: 157 ft. (48 m)

Heaviest girder: 165,000 lb.

Launched-girder erection

Goodco Z-Tech:
20 PMG-Series unidirectional pot bearings

8 PF-Series fixed pot bearings

2 LG-5 modular joints, each 47.2 ft. (14.4 m) in length

Description

Construction of a bridge over the Rouge River for the Highway 50 completion project in the Laurentians region of Quebec.

Features

The launched-girder erection technique was used to erect this bridge. This bridge has piers 230 feet (70 m) high, among the tallest bridge piers in Quebec.

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