tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674579633306624783.post1199169248549548231..comments2023-10-26T00:55:45.774-07:00Comments on Bridge of the Week: Great Britain: New Canal Footbridge in SalisburyMark Yashinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05666521915699399827noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674579633306624783.post-11710244838081051382010-02-25T01:08:35.702-08:002010-02-25T01:08:35.702-08:00Technically, I think this one is an arch-stiffened...Technically, I think this one is an arch-stiffened deck.<br><br>For a nice example of what can be achieved in tightly curving a very substantial steel bridge member, see the 762mm tubes curved to a 15m radius on the Coventry spiral bridge (http://www.betterpublicbuilding.org.uk/finalists/2004/glassbridge/). If they can bend that, then pretty much any precamber you can imagine is achievable. In the UK, there's at least one firm which basically specialises in pre-bending structural steelwork (http://www.anglering.com/).The Happy Pontisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15252272118786667592noreply@blogger.com