HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-07-16, Page 9SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 16, MO —Second Section Pages 944
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New 13enmiller Bridge
Sets Construction Record
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Workmen from the Huron Countylligh-
ways Department on. Thursday finished
work on the largest 7-inch reinforced con-
crete bridge deck ever poured in Ontario.
The finished bridge at Ben Miller is
540 ft. long and 39 ft. wide with a 30-foot
driveway and sidewalks on each side. The'
deck; or floor, of the bridge is 7 1/2 inches
thick. It is supported by five piers and two
end abuttments also constructed of re-
inforced concrete.
Because of its location, it was neces-
sary to pump ready-mix concrete from the
river level to the bridge deck above. ,Em-
ploying one of the two pumping facilities
available in Canada capable of doing
the job, a total of 550 yards of concrete
was pumped before the task was completed.
The cement was distributed along the deck
through a five inch steel tube. To keep up
with the job which continued fornearly two
days, Huron Concrete Supply, Ltd. of Sea-
forth • and Goderich, who supplied the
ready-mix, used '9 ready-mix trucks.
The entire project was planned and
carried out by the Huron •County Road
Department and in charge of Huron County
Engineer, J. W. Britneil. The 'actual
bridge design was the responsibility of
McCormick Rankin and Associates of Port
• Credit.
The new bridge crosses the Maitland
River in a gentle curve which starts about
50 feet east of the old 360 foot steel truss
structure which it is replacing. The old
britige which was built around the turn of
the century, will be detnolished in the fall.
Huron County Bridge Superintendant,
Bob Edgar, told the Expositor that the
bridge was part of a reconstruction pro-
gram being carried out on Huron County
Road No. 1. The road will be straightened ,
and paved from Highway No. 8 to Huron
County Road No. 31: Mr. Edgar said the
total cost of the project was in excess of
$280,000, approximately $268,000 of which
is for the new bridge..
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