Open AccessTauranga Harbour Crossing Stella Passage Bridge
Author(s) -
M. J. Bloxam,
Philip North
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
bulletin of the new zealand society for earthquake engineering/nzsee quarterly bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.917
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2324-1543
pISSN - 1174-9857
DOI - 10.5459/bnzsee.23.3.220-230
Subject(s) - stella (programming language) , pier , bridge (graph theory) , structural engineering , pile , engineering , span (engineering) , prestressed concrete , beam bridge , harbour , forensic engineering , geotechnical engineering , geology , art , computer science , programming language , art history , medicine
This paper describes the seismic design of the Stella Passage Bridge which was constructed in 1986 to 1988 as part of the Tauranga Harbour Crossing, a road link between Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. The bridge is a 12 span, 478m long incrementally launched continuous prestressed concrete box girder with expansion joints at both abutments. Seismic restraint is provided by means of shear keys to ductile cantilever single stem pier columns supported on large diameter bored pile cylinder foundations.