Avançon bridge

 Bex, Switzerland, 2012

  • GFRP-balsa sandwich bridge deck adhesively bonded onto two steel girders
  • Span 11.45 m, width 7.50 m, 65° skew angle
  • Semi-integrated bridge without expansion joints and no separate sealing
  • Replacement of one-lane concrete bridge by new two-lane bridge without increasing total load on old brick abutments
  • Reduction of bridge closure time from 50 days (conventional replacement) to 10 days

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