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Bridge Manuals

The links below are of several formats, PDF, ZIP, and XLS file types. If the pdf files do not open, click get adobe reader to download and install the current version of Adobe Reader. Click the ZIP file link to download and Windows XP or Vista will decompress and open them to be read. The XLS files require Microsoft Excel.

1. Bridges To Prosperity Manuals & Bridge Designs

 •   Volume 1 - Community Development - PDF (1.1MB)
 •   Volume 2 - Feasibility & Topographic Survey - PDF (1.1MB)
 •   Volume 3 - Suspended Cable Bridge
 •      Part 1: Feasibility & Topographic Survey - PDF (1.1MB)
 •      Part 2: Technical Drawings - PDF (4.5MB)
 •      Part 3: Construction & Quality Control - PDF (4.3MB)
 •      Part 4: Maintenance & Inspection - PDF (1.0MB)
 •       All of the above in one PDF (12.7MB)

  Tools:
 •  Cable Lookup Tool - xls

  Addendums:
  None issued to date.

2. Helvetas Bridge Manuals

Short Span Trail Bridge Standard Suspended Type:
short span trail bridge standard suspended type

 •  Survey Form - PDF
 •  Design Forms - ZIP
 •  Estimate Forms - ZIP
 •  Summary of costs - ZIP
 •  Technical Handbook - PDF
 •  Construction Drawings - ZIP
 •  Steel Drawings - ZIP

  Addendums:
 •  Wood Crossbeam Drawing 03DW, 2006-1 - PDF
 •  Cable Lookup Tool - xls
 •  B2P Differential Abutment Elevation Sag Calc Matrix - xls

Short Span Trail Bridge Standard Suspension Type:
short span trail bridge standard suspenion type
 •  Survey Form - PDF
 •  Design Forms - PDF
 •  Estimate Forms - ZIP
 •  Summary of costs - ZIP
 •  Technical Handbook - PDF
 •  Construction Drawings - ZIP
 •  Steel Drawings - ZIP

3. Transport Bridge Designs
it transport bridge design

 •  IT Transport Bridge Designs
 •IT Transport Community Bridge Construction Manual; 1 of 2 - PDF
 •IT Transport Community Bridge Construction Manual; 2 of 2 - PDF

4. Alpin Technik Designs
raised suspension bridge design

 •  Alpin Technik Designs
 •Raised Suspended Bridge Design - PDF

5. Bridges To Prosperity Presentation
 •Bridges to Prosperity Power Point Presentation(file is 21MB)

6. EWB Concrete Guidelines
 •Guidelines pdf

For more information or hard copies of these designs,
please contact Helvetas Nepal.
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Mission Statement. Bridges To Prosperity is a volunteer based charity that seeks to empower poor African, Asian and South American rural communities through footbridge building, thereby advancing personal responsibility, community public works, economic prosperity, and access to schools, clinics, jobs, and markets.

 

 

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