{"id":12359,"date":"2023-01-28T04:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T12:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/cable-installation-begins-on-howe-bridge\/"},"modified":"2023-01-28T04:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T12:25:14","slug":"cable-installation-begins-on-howe-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/cable-installation-begins-on-howe-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cable installation begins on Howe Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WINDSOR, ONT. \u2014 The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority\u00a0has announced the kickoff of a new stage in construction on the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ont. and Detroit with the installation of the stay cables.<\/p>\n<p>The cables will connect the towers to the bridge and road deck. The first two of 216 stay cables were installed on the Detroit side of the bridge over the week of Jan. 16. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A stay cable is comprised of rope-like metal strands contained in a pipe, in this case a high-density polyethylene plastic pipe, explained a release. The installation process for each pair of stay cables will take about two to five days.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_286209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286209\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WDBA FACEBOOK \u2014 Metal strands of the stay cable in storage will be encased in a high-density polyethylene plastic pipe, ready for installation on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ends of each metal strand inside the pipe are anchored to two points, an anchor box inside the tower and an edge girder on the deck. Once a pair of stay cables is securely anchored, the workers will move on the next pair. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cables serve two purposes, the statement indicated \u2013 they deliver the weight of the entire structure to the tower and, through tension, maintain the bridge deck\u2019s stability and placement. The towers and stay cables of the Gordie Howe International Bridge will be capable of supporting nearly 34 million pounds of weight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first stay-cable installations are a significant achievement for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project. Bridging North America has been able to reach this point in the project safely and efficiently and we are extremely pleased with the work of our team,\u201d stated Michael Hatchell, CEO of the contractor consortium, in the statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/infrastructure\/2023\/01\/cable-installation-begins-on-howe-bridge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINDSOR, ONT. \u2014 The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority\u00a0has announced the kickoff of a new stage in construction on the Gordie Howe &#8230; <a title=\"Cable installation begins on Howe Bridge\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/cable-installation-begins-on-howe-bridge\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cable installation begins on Howe Bridge\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-12359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}