New Viaduct Over Júcar River, Cullera (Valencia, Spain). Launching Construction Using SPMTs

  • Luis Sopeña Corvinos 1790
  • Juan Jesús Álvarez Andrés
  • Conchita Lucas Serrano
  • Ricardo Rico Rubio
  • Sara Valor González
  • Carlos Misas Muñoz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33586/hya.2020.2747
Keywords: heavy lifting, SPMT, launching, arch, bowstring, hangers

Abstract


The viaduct over Júcar river is a composite deck bridge 216 m long and 29 m wide with a main span of 90 m formed by a bowstring which is described in detail in other paper. Due to different difficulties, construction using cranes was discarded, being the launching using SPMTs the construction process elected. Although not conventional, it came up to have many advantages that made it competitive against conventional launching systems (significant additional structural steel savings, provisional diagonals reduction, maximum free cantilever reduction during construction.

Published
2025-04-28
How to Cite
Sopeña Corvinos, L., Álvarez Andrés, J., Lucas Serrano, C., Rico Rubio, R., Valor González, S., & Misas Muñoz, C. (2025). New Viaduct Over Júcar River, Cullera (Valencia, Spain). Launching Construction Using SPMTs. Hormigón Y Acero, 76(305), 75-82. https://doi.org/10.33586/hya.2020.2747
Issue
Vol 76 No 305 (2025): Hormigón y Acero
Section
Articles