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    Agas-Agas Bridge: The Tallest Bridge in The Philippines

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    The document discusses the Agas-Agas Bridge in the Philippines. It is the tallest bridge in the country at 89 meters high. The bridge was constructed from 2006-2009 at a cost of 1.024 billion pesos to provide a safer route. It has faced issues like scouring and landslides that have been addressed with improvements like Swiss rock netting technology.

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    Agas-Agas Bridge: The Tallest Bridge in The Philippines

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    The document discusses the Agas-Agas Bridge in the Philippines. It is the tallest bridge in the country at 89 meters high. The bridge was constructed from 2006-2009 at a cost of 1.024 billion pesos to provide a safer route. It has faced issues like scouring and landslides that have been addressed with improvements like Swiss rock netting technology.

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    The document discusses the Agas-Agas Bridge in the Philippines. It is the tallest bridge in the country at 89 meters high. The bridge was constructed from 2006-2009 at a cost of 1.024 billion pesos to provide a safer route. It has faced issues like scouring and landslides that have been addressed with improvements like Swiss rock netting technology.

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    Agas-Agas Bridge: The Tallest Bridge in The Philippines

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    The document discusses the Agas-Agas Bridge in the Philippines. It is the tallest bridge in the country at 89 meters high. The bridge was constructed from 2006-2009 at a cost of 1.024 billion pesos to provide a safer route. It has faced issues like scouring and landslides that have been addressed with improvements like Swiss rock netting technology.

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    The tallest

    bridge in
    Agas-Agas
    the
    Philippines Bridge
    HISTORY
    HISTORY
    DPWH submitted a plan to then Pres. Gloria M. Arroyo to turn the
    bridge into a have for people who loves extreme sports such as
    bungee jumping, rappelling, downhill skateboarding, etc.
    HISTORY
    Last April 2011, the twin zipline, also known as Zipline Leyte,
    was open for public.
    - length: 880 meters (2890 ft)
    HISTORY
    Playground
    of the
    Visayas Region
    CONSTRUCTION
    CONSTRUCTION
    - prestressed concrete beam bridge on the Pan-Philippine Highway (aka
    Maharlika Highway)
    - total cost: P1.024 Billion
    - length : 350 meters (1150 ft)
    - height : 89 meters (292 ft)
    - center span: 177 meters (781 ft) in length
    - supported by 2 piers with dimensions 73 meters (241 ft) in length and
    75 meters (246 ft) in height
    - it was seen as a permanent solution to landslides which causes stranded
    motorists
    - a less time-consuming route in the Southern Leyte
    CONSTRUCTION
    Construction started : November 17, 2006
    Construction ended : August 2, 2009

    Funded through - a loan under the Japan International Cooperation Agency-


    Official Development Assistance.

    (Contractor) Sumitomo Construction LTD


    CONSTRUCTION
    Gabion is a cage, cylinder, or box filled with rocks, concrete, or sometimes
    sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, military
    applications and landscaping.
    CONSTRUCTION

    The construction of stones bonded together with mortar is termed


    as stone masonry where the stones are available in a abundance in
    nature, on cutting and dressing to the proper shape, they provide
    an economical material for the construction of various building
    components such as walls, columns, footings
    CONSTRUCTION
    Mix of steel and concrete materials supported by 2 long piers from
    the ground.
    CONSTRUCTION

    Pier, in building construction, vertical load-bearing member such as


    an intermediate support for adjacent ends of two bridge spans. In
    foundations for large buildings, piers are usually cylindrical
    concrete shafts, cast in prepared holes, while in bridges they take
    the form of caissons, which are sunk into position.
    CONSTRUCTION
    Also the bridge consists of:
    View deck
    Rest area
    Bituminous concrete surface course
    Bridge electrical provision
    CONSTRUCTION
    REVIEW TO PARTS OF BRIDGE
    COMPLICATIONS
    COMPLICATIONS
    Heavy rains in the Eastern Visayas area during the past 12
    months have resulted in some complications in the structure.
    COMPLICATIONS
    BRIDGE SCOURING
    Bridge Scour is a process due to which the particles
    of the soil or rock around the periphery of the abutment
    or pier of the highway bridge spanning over a water body,
    gets eroded and removed over a certain depth called
    scour depth.
    COMPLICATIONS
    BRIDGE SCOURING
    COMPLICATIONS
    COMPLICATIONS
    COMPLICATIONS
    177 meters (581 feet)

    10m
    10m
    COMPLICATIONS
    COMPLICATIONS
    LANDSLIDES
    - Area where the bridge is constructed is prone to landslides.
    COMPLICATIONS
    LANDSLIDES
    - Erodes the protective covers of the two piers or columns
    of the structure
    IMPROVEMENTS
    IMPROVEMENTS
    IMPROVEMENTS
    SWISS TECHNOLOGY
     Introduced the rock-netting technology of a swiss company GEOBRUGG

    ROCK NETTING
     Used to contain unstable rock faces or slopes preventing further
    erosion outside the net’ interface
     Types of rock-netting as per Vertical Technology
     PASSIVE ROCK NETTING
     ACTIVE ROCK NETTING
    IMPROVEMENTS

    DELTAX® GREENAX® Rolled Cable Net


    QUAROX®

    SPIDER® System
    IMPROVEMENTS

    TECCO® System TECMAT®


    IMPROVEMENTS
    Gabions
    • Rock-filled welded wire meshes or twisted
    wire mattresses

    Stone Masonry
    • Construction of stones bonded together with
    mortar
    IMPROVEMENTS
    IMPROVEMENTS
    IMPROVEMENTS
    QUESTIONS?
    There will be a special prize if no one ask a question 
    GAME
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!
    GAME
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!

    Players with their respective group will only choose


    the numbers 1, 2 or 3 to answer the questions. If the
    group selected the correct answer, they will proceed
    to the next questions but the other group who chose
    the wrong answers are automatically eliminated from
    the game. The remaining group who chose the correct
    answer to the final question will win.
    QUESTION 1
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!

    What is the name of the first tandem zipline in


    Eastern Visayas which crosses over Agas-Agas
    bridge?

    Zipline Zipline Zipline


    Sorsogon Leyte Sogod Leyte
    ANSWER
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!

    What is the name of the first tandem zipline in


    Eastern Visayas which crosses over Agas-Agas
    bridge?

    Zipline
    Leyte
    QUESTION 2
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!

    Contractor of the Agas-agas bridge?

    Sumitomo Mitsumo Sunitoma


    Construction Construction Construction
    LTD LTD DLT
    ANSWER
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!

    Contractor of the Agas-agas bridge?

    Sumitomo
    Construction
    LTD
    QUESTION 3
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!

    Part of the bridge foundation which results


    to bridge failure due to scouring

    Pile Pile cap Pier


    ANSWER
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!

    Part of the bridge foundation which results


    to bridge failure due to scouring

    Pile
    QUESTION 4
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!
    What is total height(in ft) of the Agas-
    agas bridge which made it the tallest bridge
    in the Philippines?

    241 ft 246 ft 292 ft


    ANSWER
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!
    What is total height(in ft) of the Agas-
    agas bridge which made it the tallest bridge
    in the Philippines?

    292 ft
    QUESTION 5
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!
    These are used to contain unstable rock
    faces or slopes preventing further erosion
    outside the net’ interface

    Rock netting Rolled gable Gabion


    netting netting
    ANSWER
    1 – 2 – 3 Go!
    These are used to contain unstable rock
    faces or slopes preventing further erosion
    outside the net’ interface

    Rock netting
    THANK YOU
    FOR
    LISTENING

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