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otira_viaduct

Poster: Garry  (see this users gallery)
· Date: Tue February 21, 2006 · Dimensions: 640 x 427 ·
Rating: **** 4.18
Keywords: otira_viaduct


Anonymous
Mon January 24, 2005 12:25am

nice place to put a bridge.
Anonymous
Tue February 8, 2005 7:18pm

Steven will be driving this road. yikes!
Anonymous
Thu December 8, 2005 7:55am

Looking forward to this trip
Anonymous
Fri January 13, 2006 4:23pm

It's interesting that there is no proper foundation for those piers. They are just built off structural mats in the soil
Anonymous
Wed January 25, 2006 7:00pm

The piers are likely founded on drilled shafts (or "caissons") socketed into the bedrock. These wouldn't be visible at the ground surface.



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