...E K BRIDGE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1945 RAILWAYS BRIDGES TEMPORARY REPAIRS RIVERS SPANS DAMAGE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT LAYOUT SITES FACILITIES REMOVAL DEBRIS CONSTRUCTION TIMBER PILING STEEL BEARING BRICKS PIERS DECKING PERMANENT WAY TESTING FOOTBRIDGES CONTRACTORS...

... of a hydraulicjack. The pilewas tested successfully with a 50 per cent. overload. The ultimate bearing capacity from the driving was 103 tons, giving a factor of safety of 4 over the working load of 25 tons. The decking is a continuous reinforced-concrete slab, 1 foot 74 inches thick. The piers are of the open type...

..., although it was sufficiently strong to support the load on the bridge, was not sufficiently stiff to prevent excessive move- ment of the decking, a girder was necessary to carry the latter ; vertical connexions (the suspension-rods) had to unite the cable and thegirder, the cable taking themajor shareof...