PATENT BRIDGE
BICABLE BRIDGE WITH PROTBEAM
LENGTHWAYS PRSTRESSED TIMBER
"DOUAI Bridge" , "HOTTAI Falls" , "TY0KAI Mountain"
in JAPAN
Prestressedwood Bridge "DOUAI"
HONMA kunio
ABSTRACT
"DOUAI Bridge"is prestressedwood bridge. Its superstructture
consist of glued laminated timber blocks,steel lateral girders and lengthways
prestressing bicables. The lengthways prestressed timber blocks are sandwiching
the steel lateral girder webs,and the timber blocks are jointed as lengthways
main beam but also the steel lateral girder are braced tightly.