Construction of a new five-lane highway bridge on Highway 63 across the Athabasca River.

Type of Structure: Highway bridge, 472 m (1,548.5 ft.) long - 7 spans
General Contractor: Flatiron Corporation
Consulting Engineers: CH2M Hill Canada
Owner: Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation

Products and Services
Structal-Bridges

• Fabrication of the bridge steel structure (5,500 tons), including 104 main girders
• Longest girder: 47.4 m (155.5 ft.)

• 80 elastomeric pot bearings: fixed (PF), multidirectional (PM) and unidirectional (PMCG) models
• 2 finger expansion joints with 40-mm (1.57-in.) thick plates (71 m/233 ft. total), including the stainless-steel drainage system and joint bridging plates for guardrails.

• Drawings of Goodco Z-Tech expansion joints

• Partnership between Structal-Bridges and Rapid-Span for the manufacturing of steel girders
• Deck width: 33 m (108 ft.); with a deck surface of 15,500 m² (166,841 ft²), this is Alberta’s widest bridge

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