The Nova Scotia Department of Transportation (TPW) needed to reconstruct the Coxheath Road Bridge over Highway #125 in Sydney, Nova Scotia due to a combination of repairs and additional exit ramps required near the Sydney River area to relieve traffic congestion at the Kings Road Interchange. This paper will illustrate the innovative geotechnical design approach the NSDOT incorporated in the reconstruction of the bridge. It will explain and highlight the various aspects the stage construction to allow continuous traffic flow on the Coxheath Road Bridge and Highway #125 with a minimal traffic stoppage. For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD number E211521.
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