bridge pier

He added that the bridge piers would be built at night.

Once in place, it is filled with concrete to become part of the permanent works, such as the foundation for a bridge pier.

Bridge piers were constructed in 1992, but are damaged and have yet to be repaired.

The highway people worry about it undercutting some of the bridge piers eventually.

It was thus possible to assemble a bridge pier and lower it complete onto the river bed.

Despite the race distance being only 50 metres to the bridge pier, many of the crafts struggled going against a strong head wind.

The bridge piers were extensively repaired again in 1913.

The bridge piers themselves are poured concrete and offer improved ship collision protection.

They probably use it for the bridge piers."

This, in turn, caused the barges he was controlling to collide with a bridge pier.

Also, late in 2005, bridge piers were installed and put into place for bridge construction on the west end of the project.

The cofferdam failed at its base where workers were working to set one of the concrete and steel bridge piers.

It includes footbridges over two creeks using the use of old railway bridge piers.

A bifurcation may also be man-made, for example when two streams are separated by a long bridge pier.

The current span uses a steel I-beam construction supported by two bridge piers.

Flow in culverts, over dams, and around bridge piers can cause erosion of the bed.

"If you consider the height of the bridge pier and the substructure, you have what is in effect a tall building."

It is mainly used to destroy massive concrete structures like bridge piers or bunker walls.

Additionally, it will include a fender system to protect the bridge piers from ship collisions.

The road was straightened and the new bridge built; however, to this day, the old bridge piers are still visible.

The bridge was destroyed by placing dynamite at the bridge piers.

On July 1, 1887, construction began on the first caisson for the foundations of the bridge piers.

These assemblies are used when the space between two bridge piers is too wide to be spanned by a single set of girders.

During the development of the Saar for river traffic the last remnants of the bridge piers were removed.

It wasn't loud, but the water was rushing by and streaming over the gravel bars and against the bridge piers.