The
project includes a 1.4 km long segmental balanced cantilever type
bridge, along with 4.6 km approach roads. This award winning bridge near
Zadeshwar, Gujarat links Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Built in a record period
of 32 months, this bridge connects Vadodara and Bharuch across Narmada
River on NH-8. The bridge consists of 13 main spans of 96.2 m and 4.63
km approach roads.
The chief civil contractor of the L&T- ECC
Construction Division, following the guidelines given by the design
consultants DAR of UK, carried out a comprehensive instrumentation
program.
Encardio-rite was awarded the complete instrumentation
and monitoring work including the supply, installation, monitoring and
reporting with data interpretation and evaluations. The bridge was
instrumented to assess its performance during load testing and long term
monitoring. The instrumentation scheme included strain gages,
displacement sensors, temperature sensors, tilt meters and portable
readout units.