Static test on bridge intended for reading West-Holybrook, bridge underline at 38m 75cb (E5)

A new through-type underbridge was tested in the yard of Messrs. Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. At Chepstow to determine the stresses in the top flanges of the cross girder to the main girder during the applications of load in various ways. Laboratory tests had previously been made...