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Beachcroft Avenue Footbridge, Auckland
A clever combination of innovative design, high-tensile steel and an unusual colour scheme has created a structure that, from the distance, looks deceptively fragile.
Castleford Bridge, Castleford
Designed by McDowell Benedetti and constructed by Costain Ltd, the new 'S' shaped Castleford Bridge, is built over the River Aire.
Fabian Way Bridge, Swansea
Replacing the old Siding Bridge, the new bridge will provide a vital link between the park and ride site at Fabian Way and the newly constructed bus lane, which runs into Swansea city centre.
Golden Jubilee Bridge, London
After years of having a reputation of being narrow and dangerous, the decision was made to replace the footbridges that ran either side of the Hungerford Bridge, with new structures.
Gorzow Arch, Gorzow
BBR Polska, the distributor for Macalloy products in Poland completed work on the new arch bridge on Gorzow bypass in November 2006.
James Joyce Bridge, Dublin
Designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, the James Joyce Bridge is named after author James Joyce. The steel arch is suspended by stainless 40mm special grade of Macalloy SC460 cable.
John Paul II Bridge, Puławy
Located over the Vistula River, the longest arch bridge in Poland has a span of 212m and is suspended with Macalloy 460, M85 tendons. The prestressing and installation of the tendons was carrid out by Macalloy's Polish partner BBR Polska.
KL8 Footbridge, near Poznań
The KL8 footbridge is a situated over the S3 national road. The inclined arch girder and slightly curved deck are fastened with tendons, presenting a well-balanced yet forceful shape, with a 40m main span.
Lough Key Forest Park, Co.Roscommon
After declining visitor numbers over the last two decades, the Lough Key Forest Park, Co.Roscommon, under went a £5m development with the aim of becoming a family focused facility.
Malmö Swing Bridge, Malmö
In order to minimise the thickness of the bridge deck and maintain the open character of the harbour, the swing span was designed as a cable-stayed structure. The 52 meter long cable-stayed bridge rests on a hemispherical concrete pivot pier, which gives the impression of floating on the water.
Millau Viaduct
Foster and Partners' Viaduc de Milleu is now the longest, highest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The £271 million Millau toll bridge was built by French construction firm Eiffage. Situated 272m above the Tarn Valley, it stretches 2.5km across the Massif Central.
Millenium Bridge, London
Opened in June 2000 the London Millenium Bridge was the first new bridge to be built since the tower bridge in 1894.
Munksjö Bridge, Jönköping
The position of the bridge between the city centre and the open lake is unique, and requires a clear yet transparent structure to define an urban space which preserves open views from the city over the water.
Navia River Viaduct, Asturias
Inaugurated in June 2006, the Navia River Viaduct is made up of 2 x 160m central spans held up by 2 arches built on a prestressed deck. The arches consist of a metallic box filled with concrete; their anchorages are connected to the deck using 84 x 40 dia Macalloy 835 x 1030 pre-stressing bars. BBR PTE in Spain carried out the inspection and stressing.
Pasarela Fuenlabrada, Madrid
The impressive Pasarela Fuenlabrada Bridge was constructed using a series of Macalloy S460 stainless M76 tendons, holding the bridge deck in place. Once in position the M76 bar system was tensioned using Macalloy's patented Techno Tensioner. Tecpresa, designed the footbridge in conjunction with Ferrovial Agroman, one of Spain’s largest construction companies.
Poprad Bridge, Poprad
Tension Systems, s.r.o the distributor of Macalloy products in the Czech Republic recently carried the prestressing and installation of Bridge Poprad, Slovakia.
Riverside Bridge, Cambridge
The new Riverside Bridge in Cambridge is supplied with Macalloy 1030 as holding down bolts and Macalloy 460 as hangars. This structure is the first crossing in the city since 1971, the two lane bridge will allow access of use to both cyclists and pedestrians.
Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Contract 3, Abu Dhabi
Construction of a 912m long bridge linking Abu Dhabi with the mainland has a central span of 234m. The main bridge is a hybrid structure, consisting of central steel asymmetric arch ribs supporting pre-stressed concrete box girder decks. At the two main channel piers, the decks are supported by inclined pre-stressed concrete supports, rising vertically from the pier pile caps. The foundation comprises large diameter bored in situ piles.
The Kolomoen footbridge
Situated between Norway's two largest valleys the Gudbrandsdalen and Osterdalen and built over the existing E6 motorway route. This bridge is the dominant sculptural form amongst the evergreen forest and is supplied with Macalloy 520 M76, M85 and M100 tension rods as back stays and bridge deck supports.
Trinec-Baliny Bridge
Careful technical and organisational preperation was required to minimise the time needed for closure on the railway track located under the bridge. Macalloy 520 tie rods in M56 and M64 diameter were erected and prestressed on site by Tension Structures, s.r.o using the Macalloy Technotensioner, to ensure correct loads were applied to the structure.
Viaducto Marin Ute Arlaban, Guipuzcoa
Situated in the Marin Valley, this new viaduct is 598m long and 93m in height. Macalloy 40mm bars were used for the temporary connection of the prefabricated bridge segments, the bars were tensioned to 90 Tonnes with hydraulic jacks.
Waikato River Bridge
A new 100-metre network arch bridge spanning the Waikato river features 76 'hangars' of 64-millimetre, galvanised steel Macalloy bar.
Wainwright Bridge, Blackburn
Macalloy 460 M85 tie rods were used to suspend the landmark Wainwright Bridge, providing a vital road link in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Walverdang Bridge, Luxembourg
The impressively designed Walverdang Bridge comprises of Macalloy 460 48dia, each of the 4 tendons measures 20 metres. The bridge tendons required stressing using the Macalloy TechnoTensioner, the on-site work was carried out by Macalloy Site Services department.
Whitehall Footbridge, Leeds
Whitehall Footbridge crosses the River Aire just south of Leeds railway station, and provides pedestrian and cycle access from the village of Holbeck to the city centre. The bridge has two spans: the main 40m span crossing the river is a curved shallow steel box girder with a tied arch leaning away from the deck. The second span is straight, 10m in length and curved in plan and bowed in elevation.
Zambana Bridge, Trento
The magnificent Zambana bridge based in the north of Italy was opened for public travel in 2008. A combination of Macalloy 1030 post-tensioning bar and Macalloy 460 M76 galvanised fork, pin and lockcovers are suspended to the deck of the bridge.