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Bridge Strengthening and
Renovation
Safespan® Europe - A trading division of Turner
Access Ltd
A patented Underbridge access system developed in the USA in
1996, Safespan® is an amazingly simple concept to grasp. In
outline Safespan® consists of three principal components:
1. cables (horizontal & vertical)
2. profiled steel sheeting
3. special steel clips
Horizontal (or longitudinal) cables, typically
attached to the bridge abutments, are linked to vertical hangers
attached to the bridge underside creating what could be loosely
described as an inverted suspension bridge. The steel sheeting
is laid transversely across the horizontal cables and locked
into place by the special clips.
Safespan®, for bridge maintenance, facilitates
bridge access especially when tight clearance is essential. The
access platforms allow bridge rehabilitation, bridge repair,
bridge strengthening and bridge
refurbishment in ways not possible before.
Safespan® has been used extensively
in the USA for bridge repair, bridge rehabilitation, bridge
renovation in place of traditional bridge scaffolding and was
originally invented for bridge painting and maintenance.
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