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History of Arch Bridges in Portugal

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This work presents some arch bridges constructed in Portugal since the Roman Empire period to recent times. For some masonry. Steel and concrete bridges construction details are also presented. Bridges and all constructions requires permanent maintenance. Some old bridges presents a reduced deck width requiring its enlargement. Live loads increased along time requiring strengthening interventions in existing bridges. The most severe action that led to some bridge destruction is river flooding and foundation infraescavation.

Some examples of interventions are presented in the paper.

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  1. A2P Consult, Lda, Lisbon, Portugal

    Júlio Appleton

  2. Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitectura e Georrecursos, Lisbon, Portugal

    Júlio Appleton

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  1. Faculdade de Engenharia, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    António Arêde

  2. School of Technology, Department of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Tomar, Portugal

    Cristina Costa

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Appleton, J. (2020). History of Arch Bridges in Portugal. In: Arêde, A., Costa, C. (eds) Proceedings of ARCH 2019. ARCH 2019. Structural Integrity, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29227-0_2

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