Bridge pier M8 became the 31st of 33 piers brought to the design elevation by the builders of the bridge to Russky Island. Thus, construction of all piers has been completed, except for the 320-meter pylons, which are the highest in the world.
Bridge pier M8 on Russky Island
More than 1,850 cubic meters of high-quality concrete have been laid in the body of pier M8. The pier height above water is about 65 meters. Twenty-one viaduct piers (17 on the Nazimov Peninsula and 4 on Russky Island) and 10 bridge piers (5 on each side of the Eastern Bosphorus Strait) have been brought to the design elevation.
Construction site on Russky Island
Bridge builders have completed pour No. 13 of the right leg of pylon M7 on Russky Island. Continuous concreting took 14 hours. Reinforcing it required 45 tons of effective reinforcement and pouring of 185 cubic meters of concrete. The giant pylons rises 64.4 m above water. Altogether, more than 6,000 cubic meters of high-quality concrete have been pouring and about 1,100 tons of reinforcing steel have been installed in the body of pylon M7.
Pylon M7 on Russky Island
Pour No. 17 of the right leg of pylon M6 has been completed on the Nazimov Peninsula. Continuous concreting took 13 hours. Pour reinforcing required 30 tons of effective reinforcement and pouring of 180 cubic meters of high-quality concrete. Pylon M6 rises 81.4 m above water. Altogether, about 7,270 cubic meters of concrete have been poured and more than 1,320 tons of reinforcing steel have been installed in the body of the giant pylon on the Nazimov Peninsula.
Simultaneous construction of the viaduct roadway slab is continuing. The pour in the spans between viaduct pier 17 on the Nazimov Peninsula and bridge pier 1 is being concreted from the mainland side with more than 210 cubic meters of concrete. Altogether, 2,008.5 cubic meters of high-quality concrete have been laid in the viaduct roadway slab on the Nazimov Peninsula and 1,087 cubic meters have been laid on Russky Island.
Construction of the viaduct roadway slab on Russky Island
Daniil Goncharuk / SK MOST
Photo by Igor Lischuk / SK MOST
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