Kayan 5 Bridge

Client: Ministry of Defense | Military Engineers Scope: Structural Design Review | Shop Drawing Review | Supervision Location: Giza, Egypt

The Octagon (5) bridge is 182 meters long, with five spans in addition to the bridge ramps. The first and the last spans are RC precast beams with a length of 30 m. However, the span between "P1-P2" is precast PT beams with a length of 38 m, and the spans between "P2-P3", "P3-P4" and "P4-P5" are precast RC beams with lengths of 27m, 25 m, and 32 m, respectively. At the pier head locations, bearing pads support all the RC precast beams. The pier head's concrete dimension is 2400x1600 mm at mid-span and 2400x2000 mm at the column, which is supported on a circular column of diameter 2300 mm and 2000 mm at the connection with the foundation. The pile caps, measuring 1800 mm and 2300 mm in thickness, support the columns.