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The Wilson Creek Bridge (also known as the Smart Road Bridge) is the tallest bridge in Virginia at tall, the second tallest being the Varina-Enon Bridge over the James River between Henrico County and Chesterfield County at tall. The Wilson Creek Bridge is located in Montgomery County and was built as part of the Virginia Smart Road project. It is a cast-in-place cantilever box girder bridge and extends for with three spans of and two spans of . == Construction == Construction began in August 1998. The bridge was designed by Florida-based Figg Engineering Group and built by PCL Civil Constructors Inc., a subsidiary of PCL Constructors Inc. at a cost of US$17.4 million. The bridge design is the same genre as the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge. The bridge is composed of four double-tapered piers with stone inlay, two conventional abutments, and 100 cast-in-place segments. After review of the bridge design by the construction firm, the segments were changed from 4.5 m to 5 m segments, deleting 35 segments from the critical path of construction. The bridge was completed on May 30, 2001. The cast-in-place structure consists of of concrete, of reinforcing steel, and of steel cables. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilson Creek Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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