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Originally Posted by GeeRam
I agree, nothing obviously wrong with the design, it's a single tower cable stayed bridge.....
The contractor/builder seems to have not understood that the first thing you build in such a design is the central tower/spine that the cables are hung from, as well as the end supports for the spans, the spans then grow, or installed from the tower outwards. The single tower has not even been built in the photos, so how people thing the cables were being tensioned or anything is beyond me as there is no tower there.
I bet that large span unit was never designed to be a simply supported span under self weight, and I'm astonished any work is being carried out over a live roadway with no installed crash deck or other temporary works safety installation in place  |
Tower had not been built.
You are mistaken concrete barrier to stop water erosion as tower.
It was to be poured and built in place in this opening.