Position: Construction Project Manager - World's Highest Steel-Arch Bridge
Start Date: As Available
Location: Himalayas, India
Salary: USUSD 200,000
Length: 24 months

Benefits:
Tax Free Salary
Accommodation
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In 2004 the company was awarded the bridge contract of a rail connectivity project worth USUSD 148 Million. The project includes a large number of tunnels and bridges which are to be implemented in highly rugged and mountainous terrain, with the difficult Himalayan geology. The alignment crosses a deep gorge of a river which necessitates construction of a long span bridge. After many deliberations, the configurations of steel arches were found most suitable, on account of aesthetics, economy, and availability of local expertise and construction materials.
The signature bridge will have the world's highest above ground bridge deck and will require 25,000 metric tonnes of steel. The steel-arch bridge will be 1,315 m long, with a 480 m trussed arch span which will be 359 m above the riverbed with a 650 m long viaduct on the other side.
1. Total length of the Bridge: 1,263 m
2. Contract amount: USUSD 100 Million
3. Height of Bridge (river bed to formation): 359 m
4. Main Arch Span: 485 m
5. Total number of spans: 17
6. Concrete pier/abutment: 13
7. Steel piers: 5
8. Pier/abutment foundation: 16
9. Concrete pier type: hollow rectangular
10. Deck type: inverted U-type steel deck
11. Deck width:
1. Viaduct portion: 13.50 m
2. Arch portion: 17.00 m
12. Maximum steel pier height: 133.734 m
13. Maximum concrete pier height: 49.343 m
14. Maximum foundation size:
1. Viaduct portion: 18 by 15 by 4.15 m
2. Arch portion: 50 by 30 m
15. Type of bearing: spherical knuckle bearings
16. Track provision: Two Track
17. Total steel fabrication: 25000 T
18. Seismic zone V
19. Wind velocity: 220 km/h at deck level
20. Geology of terrain: slope along first side bank 35 to 50 deg and other side bank is vertical to sub vertical
The structural concept of the bridge is a large span arch over the river, with approach viaducts on either side. The proposed arch is a two-ribbed arch, fabricated from large steel trusses. The chords of the trusses will be sealed steel boxes, filled with concrete to assist in controlling wind-