Abdoun Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Kamal Shair Bridge
Official Name:Wadi Abdoun Bridge
Other Name:Abdoun Bridge
Carries:Two wide lanes of car traffic[1]
Crosses:Wadi Abdoun
Locale:Amman, Jordan
Design:cable-stayed suspension
Mainspan:134m (440feet)
Length:417m (1,368feet)[2]
Height:71m (233feet)
Below:45m (148feet)
Begin:14 December 2002
Open:14 December 2006
Architect:Dar Al-Handasah[3]
Designer:Seshadri Srinivasan
Builder:L&T

Wadi Abdoun Bridge or the Kamal Al-Shair Bridge is a bridge in Amman, Jordan. The only cable-stayed bridge in the country, it crosses the Wadi Abdoun. The building of the bridge commenced on 14 December 2002, and it was opened on 14 December 2006 and was built by Larsen & Toubro Limited, an Indian multinational company. It is part of Amman's Beltway project and links South Amman to the 4th Circle and Zahran Street. Since it was opened it has witnessed over 70 cases of attempted suicide.[4]

Design

The bridge has three Y-shaped towers to make two equal main spans of 134 meters in length. The bridge deck is shaped like an S-curve to aid in connecting to the adjoining roadways and the stays form a harp arrangement.[5] The project was delayed by one year due to its technical complication and few incidents during construction.
The structural designer, Dar Al-Handasah, won a commendation award in 2007 from the Institution of Structural Engineers for this bridge.[6]

See also

References

31.9497°N 35.8928°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Structurae (en): Wadi Abdoun Bridge (2006). 2008. Janberg. Nicolas. 2008-04-18.
  2. Web site: Spanning the Future . Taylor . Eddie . PDF . November 2006 . 2008-04-18 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081122234015/http://www.rj.com/pdf/royal_wings/2006-1112/14-15_RW_NOVDEC06.pdf . November 22, 2008 .
  3. Web site: Abdoun Bridge a blend of utility and style. AbuNada. Roaa. 25 October 2021. Jordan News.
  4. Web site: Abdoun Bridge . April 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080222060517/http://www.ammancity.gov.jo/english/project/p5.asp . 2008-02-22 . dead .
  5. Srinivasan. Gopal. December 2007. Design for Construction, Economy and Elegance in Concrete Bridges. Structural Concrete (fib-news). 8. 4. 213–217. International Federation for Structural Concrete. 10.1680/stco.2007.8.4.213. 1464-4177. pdf. November 15, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100308022737/http://fib.epfl.ch/journals/download/fib_news_dec07.pdf. 2010-03-08. dead.
  6. Web site: Awards for Transportation Structures 2007 . November 15, 2009 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071853/http://www.istructe.org/structuralawards/2007/category04/projects.asp . 2011-07-16 . dead .