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Valiyazheekkal Bridge, Kerala, India
Specially designed couplers for this project
Currently under construction The Valiyazheekkal Bridge, spanning the Kayamkulam Lake, in Kerala, will be 1229 meters long when completed.
Macalloy has supplied M85 Galvanised Tension Bars and chambered couplers. The Tension Bars, support the bridge deck from the arches. The special couplers were required as there is limited access during installation – the tendons were too long to install in one go. Macalloy’s engineering team designed the chambered coupler specially for this project as a solution. It allows the upper bar to be in place, while the lower bar can be introduced to the bottom of the coupler and connected. A standard coupler would require the bar to be rotated and this was not feasible while the bar was being lifted into place; the chambered coupler can be rotated to give the connection, solving this problem.
Photos by Anu K Peter
