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1、毕业设计外文翻译题目跨越世纪之桥专业土木工程(桥梁)班级2007级3班学生陈博指导教师刘东重庆交通大学2011年6月ABridgeForAllCenturiesAnextremelylong-andrecordsetting-mainspanwasdesignedforthesecondbridgetoacrossthePanamaCanalinordertomeettheowner’srequirementthatnopiersbeplacedinthewater.Becausenodisrupt
2、ionofcanaltrafficwaspermittedatanytime,thecable-stayedbridgeofcast-in-placecancretewascarefullyconstructedusingthebalanced-cantilevermethod.In1962,theBridgeofAmericas(PuentedelasAmerica)openedtotraffic,servingastheonlyfixedlinkacrossthePanamaCanal.Theb
3、ridgewasdesignedtocarry60,000vehiclesperdayonfourlanes,butithasbeenoperatingaboveitscapacityformanyyears.Toalleviatebottlenecksontheroutethatthebridgecarriesoverthecanal-thePan-AmericanHighway(Inter-AmericanHighway)-andpromotegrowthonthewesternsideofPa
4、nama,thecountry’sMinistryofPublicWorks(MinisteriodeObrasPublicas,orMOP)decidedtobuildanewhighwaysystermlinkingthenorthernpartofPanamaCity,ontheeasternsideofthecanal,tothetownofArraijan,locatedonthewesternsideofthecanal.TheCentennialBridge–namedtocommem
5、orate100yearsofPanamanianindependence-hasnoebeenconstructedand,whenopend,willcarrysixlanesoftraffic.Thiscable-stayedbridgeofcast-in-placecancretefeaturesamainspanof420m,thelongestsuchspanforthistypeofbridgeintheWesternHemisphere.In200theMOPinvitedinter
6、nationalbridgedesignfirmstocompeteforthedesignofthecrossing,requestingatwo-packageproposal:onetechinical,theotherfinancial.AtotalofeightproposalswerereceivedbyDecember2000fromestablishedbridgedesignfirmsallovertheworld.Aftershort-listingthreefirmsonthe
7、basisofthetechnicalmeritsoftheirproposals,theMOPselectedT.Y.LinInternational,ofSanFrancisco,topreparethebridgedesignandprovidefieldconstructionsupportbasedonthefirm’sfinancialpackage.TheCentennialBridgedesigeprocesswasuniqueandaggressive,incorporatingc
8、onceptsfromthetraditionaldesign/build/bidmethod,thedesign/buildmethod,andthesa-calledfast-trackdesignprocess.Tocompletetheconstructionontime-thatis,withinjust27months-thedesignofthebridgewascarriedouttoalevelof30percentbeforeconstructio