Pour Turcot Autrement, Yess!

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Links  to  the pages of the Turcot repair proposal Overview Turcot Yards Introduction Turcot ProposalbEx Examples of seismic retrofits        to page-1 Examples of infrastructure repair in England to page-2 Similarities between Turcot construction and Britannia bridge to page-3 Continuity of brdige decks in both examples to page-4 The almost complete ruination of the Britania bridge by fire (1970) to page-5 The reconstruction of the Britannia Bridge to page-6 The lessons of the Britannia Bridge repair for the Turcot case to page-7 More Britannia Bridge similarities:  great height, easy accessb to page-8 Suitable arch types for the support of the Turcot spans to page-9 Other support proposals to the table summing up the advantages of the proposed approach

                     
MMMcGill University Design Studio Winter 2009
Professor Pieter Sijpkester
fepieter.sijpkes@mcgill.cassc
In the next ten webpages we outline a strategy to repair the Turcot interchange,
 using historical precedents, in particular the restauration of the Britannia Bridge
The forward links can be found by scrolling down to the bottom of the pages
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