Bridges

IHI, GOLDEN HORN STEEL BRIDGES, Istanbul, TURKEY

The fabrication and erection of the New Golden Horn Steel Bridges for IHI of Japan, were completed by CIMTAS in 16 months, combining advanced engineering expertise with a highly skilled workforce and the latest manufacturing, erection and information technologies.

CIMTAS Gemlik Works fabricated the bridges in 11 months. They had a total weight of 7.340 tons, composed of 74.000 steel elements, assembled by 242.000 m of welding and sustaining 462.500 bolt holes in a configuration of 184 blocks, each of which was 3,2x4,0x9,0 m. Following the on-shore pre-assembly of the blocks into 18.0 m length, erection the Golden Horn in Istanbul was also completed in 11 months on both land and sea with the longest span 139,5 m and the heaviest lift 100 tons.

Completion Date : May 1996