This $100M bridge is made with WOOD and is TOTALLY HOLLOW

Описание: Pieces of plywood will forever be trapped inside the concrete of a new freeway in Bakersfield, California. Join me as I walk around a new bridge on the Centennial Corridor and explore all the parts that make a bridge.

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Sources cited:
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"I-4 Ultimate: Pile Driving," Florida DOT
   • I-4 Ultimate: PILE DRIVING  

"Caltrans’ Historic Bridges Inventory Update:
Concrete Box Girder Bridges," California DOT
https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/...

"Engineering News-Record," p.339, 03 Mar 1938 via Archive.org
https://archive.org/details/sim_enr_1...

"Bridge Design Details: Box Girder Soffits," 02 Jan 2023, California DOT
https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/...

"Common Types of Foundations," Taghvamanesh
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/C...

"Field Studies of Post-Tensionsed Bridge Hinge Curl," Akl
https://www.pci.org/PCI_Docs/Papers/2...

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Time sections:
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Introduction (0:00)
Girders (0:40)
Columns (2:08)
Box Girders (3:18)
Falsework (4:08)
Loss Deck (5:11)
Pouring Concrete (5:51)
Post Tensioning (6:54)
Hinges (8:00)
Abutments and MSE Walls (8:29)
Falsework Removal (9:13)
Superelevation (9:45)
Design (10:16)
Policy (11:00)
Conclusion (11:47)