Emergency use of a floating bridge within a large urban conurbation

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the use of a floating bridge within a large urban conurbation in an emergency situation. The analysis is associated with a failure of the system transferring sewage from left-bank Warsaw to the ‘Czajka’ treatment plant located on the right-bank of the Vistula River. It includes checking the load bearing capacity of a typical floating bridge structure constructed using the PP-64 pontoon system supporting two pipelines transporting sewage across a wide water obstacle.