摘要: |
Infrastructure is the basic need for development of any Country. Highways infrastructure is mother of all. No infrastructure can be utilized effectively if highways are not up to the mark. Highways infrastructure comprises two part say Roads and Bridges, supplementary to each other. Function of bridges are to provide uninterrupted ways for Water (CD), Roads (Flyover, Underpass), Railways (ROB, RUB), Pipe lines, pedestrians (Foot over bridge/ Pedestrian underpass). As per site condition and aesthetic requirement, there are several types of bridges. Bridges comprises different type of superstructure. I-girder is one o) the simplest and popular forms of super structure adopted for bridges. Unfortunately, now and then, I-girder toppling in a particular project is in news. In the recentpast, unfortunately incidence of toppling of I girders occurred at Ankapalli on NH 5 in Andhra Pradesh. Earlier also toppling of I-girders occurred at Rajkot (ROB), Ajmer (ROB), Varanasi, Siliguri, Hassan in Karnataka and Kannur in Kerala which was painful incidence not only for the Engineers working on these sites but also for the entire community of Site Engineers. This paper explains the burning issue of incidences in civil constructions and the requisite precautionary measures to avoid the same and consequential loss of properties and life. |