Cable Supported Bridges - Concept and Design - Third Edition




Preface to the Third Edition

The decision to prepare a manuscript for a book titled CABLE SUPPORTED BRIDGES was taken by Niels J. Gimsing

in 1980 following his three year affiliation as an adviser on bridge technology to Statsbroen Store Bœlt—the client

organization established to design and construct a bridge across Storebælt (Great Belt) in Denmark. During the design

period from 1976 to 1979, a large number of different designs for cable stayed bridges (with spans up to 850 m) and

suspension bridges (with spans up to 1800 m) were thoroughly investigated and it was during that period the idea matured

to write a book covering both cable stayed bridges and suspension bridges. The chance to prepare the manuscript came in

1979 when the Danish Government decided to postpone the construction of the Storebælt Bridge and to keep the design

work at rest for a period of five years.


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