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Canada
New Champlain Bridge
Project description
The Champlain Bridge is located in Montreal, Canada, and will be replaced by the new bridge over the St. Lawrence River. This crossing will be one of the busiest in Canada with over 60 million vehicles and $20 Billion in international trade passing over it on a yearly basis.
The $4.2 billion project will consist of two main bridges – the New Bridge on the St-Lawrence and the Île-des-Soeurs Bridge and is scheduled for completion in December 2018.
mageba scope
mageba will be providing Structural Health Monitoring Service and Modular Joints for this iconic bridge.
Over the project duration, over 50 embedded and 150 surface sensors will be installed on the bridge, allowing the Government of Canada to monitor displacement, corrosion, movements, temperature, stresses, strain and environmental conditions of the bridge over the next 30 years.
This will most certainly optimize maintenance and increase the lifespan of the structure. Moreover, the ingenious system provides the ability to re-act instantly to changes and deterioration.
In parallel, the largest expansion supplied will span over 20 meters and cover upwards of 800 mm in movements (10 gaps).
Installation of first sensors at the main towers
Easy access to mageba‘s comprehensive web interface
A typical sensor installation access challenge
Installation of embedded sensors
Weather station that monitors wind speed, temperature, humidity etc.
Moving of a joint on site for lifting by crane into position in the bridge superstructure
Lifting a 9-gap joint into position in the bridge deck
An expansion joint after positioning in the deck, with transportation fittings and pre-setting beams connected to the top
Key Data
Products: | ROBO-CONTROL permanent Monitoring System, TENSA-MODULAR expansion joints |
Features: | Approx. 200 sensors |
Installed: | 2016–2018 |
City: | Montreal |
Structure: | Cable-stayed bridge |
Completion: | Scheduled for 2018 |
Owner: | Infrastructure Canada |
Contractor: | SNC Lavalin, Dragados, Flatiron Canada, TY Lin, MMM Group |
Designer: | Arup |
