India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has completed the erection of first full span pre-stressed concrete (PSC) box girder of 40m span at a casting yard in Navsari district, Gujarat.
This 40m girder weighing about 970mt, involving 390 Cu m of concrete and 42mt of steel was cast in a single piece.
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This is considered to be the heaviest PSC box girder in the construction industry of the country, claimed NHSRCL.
To speed up the construction of viaduct for Mumbai- Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor, NHSRCL stated that it is embracing full span launching method.
The 40m girder was placed between the Pier P11 and P12 at the Chainage 238 of MAHSR corridor. The height of the piers is 13.4m.
To complete construction of viaduct, construction of substructure and superstructure has been taken up simultaneously.
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By GlobalDataMumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project (MAHSR) is 508km long, out of which 352 km lies in the state of Gujarat (348km) and Dadar & Nagar Haveli (4km) and the remaining 156km in Maharashtra.
Out of 352km, civil contracts of 343km have already been awarded.
L&T is the executing construction work for 325km length, through two packages awarded – C4 (237km) and C6 (88km).
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Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project (MAHSR) is 508km long. Credit: S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay
