Goteik Viaduct
Coordinates: 22 ° 20 ′ 35 ″ N , 96 ° 51 ′ 35 ″ E
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| use | Railroad, single track | |
| Convicted | Mandalay – Lashio railway line | |
| Crossing of | Gotwin Bach | |
| place | Gothic | |
| Entertained by | Ministry of Transportation | |
| construction | Trestle Bridge | |
| overall length | 689 m | |
| Number of openings | 17th | |
| Construction height | 102 m | |
| height | 250 m above the valley floor | |
| start of building | April 28, 1899 | |
| completion | January 1, 1900 | |
| opening | January 1, 1900 | |
| construction time | 1899-1900 | |
| Status | in operation | |
| planner | Sir Arthur Rendel | |
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The Goteik viaduct (also with the notations Gok Teik , Gokteik or Gohteik ) is a railway - trestle bridge (trestle bridge) at Nawnhkio, Shan state , Myanmar . It is the tallest bridge in Myanmar and the largest trestle bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1900.
location
The bridge is located about 100 km northeast of Mandalay on the railway line to Lashio , the capital of northern Shan State, between the cities of Pyin U Lwin (known as Mymyo, the summer capital of the former British colonial administration) and Hsipaw .
construction
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The bridge was built in 1899 by the Pennsylvania and Maryland Construction Comp. built and completed in 1900. The steel components are from Pennsylvania Steel Corp. , it was shipped from the United States of America . The construction of the railway from Mandalay to Lashio took place as part of the regional expansion efforts of the British Empire. The construction project was under the direction of Sir Arthur Rendel, an engineer with the Burma Railroad Company . The rolling stock was originally of British origin. In 1961, Garratt locomotives for the Burma Railway were still in full use on the Mandalay - Lashio route .
Bridge data
The viaduct extends from one end to the other over 15 support towers with spans of 12 meters each and a double tower of 24 m over a total length of 689 meters. The 15 towers carry 10 truss girders each 37 m long, 6 plate girders each 18 meters and one extension girder 12 meters. The construction brings the bridge to a height of 250 meters above river level. The height of the bridge from the rail deck to the foundation of the highest tower is 102 meters. The total construction cost of the bridge amounted to 111,200 pounds sterling .
Due to the technical conditions and the topographical conditions, this building is considered a masterpiece of world standard.
Alternative route
Since the line from Mandalay to Lashio is strategically important, a replacement route with many tight bends deep into the gorge was built in 1976–1978, with a short bridge over the river. After the bridge was destroyed, short trains (max. 140 tons) could have been run over the replacement route. From the viaduct, tracks can still be seen deep down in 2013, but since 2002 the route has been left to tropical vegetation.
See also
literature
- Theroux, Paul: The Great Railway Bazaar
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ JD Turk: Building An American Bridge In Burma , The World's Work (New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co.) II (5): 1148–1167. Retrieved April 29, 2012
- ^ History of rail transport in Burma
- ↑ Nawnghkio Township Peace and Development Council: Township profile 2009
- ^ Dieter Hettler: Update from Myanmar ( en ) In: Railway Gazette International . November 1, 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2014.