No Ordinary Fix
by Darryl Matson, P.E., P.Eng., (Vice President, Buckland & Taylor Ltd., in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.), Karsten Veng, (Buckland & Taylor Ltd., in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.), Eduardo Pradilla, P.Eng., M.ASCE, (Buckland & Taylor Ltd., in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Resident Engineer with the WRB Bridge Group during this project.), and Keith Kirkwood, P.Eng., (Buckland & Taylor Ltd., in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.)
Civil Engineering—ASCE, Vol. 79, No. 6, June 2009, pp. 56-63
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By reusing certain elements of a 50-year-old floating bridge, experts in British Columbia were able to design a new lake crossing with a fixed elevated span and two additional traffic lanes. A public-private partnership made the project feasible. |
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