The bridge has a double curved concrete deck with the following data: Alignment radius | Cross section slope | Longitudinal slope | 30000mm | 2% | 5.622% | Total length | Spans | Lanes | 83776mm | 10472 + 20944x3 + 10472mm | 4 lanes a 3500mm | The given lengths are calculated as arc-length on the floor plan. The 4 piers are located in 20°, 40°x3 and 20° from the center of alignment as shown above. The approach bridges at the start and end of the 160° bridge are not modelled here.
Figure: Deck in 4-bottom-lines cross section at Section Start.
The 1st cross section is a normal 4-bottom-lines massive deck having slope 2% and anti-slope 11% at the last 540mm width.

Figure: Deck in 4-bottom-lines in Elevation South.
The double curved alignment is characterized by the West end is 4710mm higher than the East end in this example shown above. It takes less than a haft of hour to create this bridge for creation of the alignment and the massive 4-bottom-lines. The piers, foundations and piles are predesigned in ICDAS library and just loaded into any project.

Figure: Deck in 6-bottom-lines cross section at Section Start.
The 2nd cross section is a 6-bottom-lines massive deck having the top surface as the 1st cross section. The thickness at center raise to 1100mm to obtain the minimum thickness 310mm on the right wing of the cross section.

Figure: Deck in 6-bottom-lines in Elevation South.
The elevation at the West end keeps unchanged 4710mm above the East end so the South view above is updated from the 1st case without any modification.
Figure: Deck box-girder cross section at Section Start.
The 3nd cross section is a box-girder designed in 1500mm depth from top to bottom surface at center of the box. This box-girder has a significant bigger bending and torsional stiffness compared to the two first massive deck.
Figure: Deck box-girder in Elevation South.
The elevation at the West end keeps unchanged 4710mm above the East end so the South view above is updated from the 1st case without any modification.
Figure: Massive 4-bottom-lines vs. Massive 6-bottom-lines vs. Box-girder deck.
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