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Management of Dorman Long
Engineering invited to inspect Adomi Bridge
Atimpoku(ER), July 17, Ghanadot/GNA – Management of Dorman
Long Bridge and Engineering Limited, who constructed the
Adomi Bridge at Atimpoku has been invited to inspect and
offer technical advice on the 50-year-old bridge.
Mr Peter Dagadu, Director of Bridges, Ghana Highways
Authority (GHA) announced this when briefing newsmen at
Atimpoku on Wednesday on efforts to repair cracks detected
on some of the steel beams under the bridge.
He said the cracks in some of the beams were being welded
and the inspection would be conducted on other beams to
repair any cracks detected.
Mr Dagadu said GHA had been conducting periodic inspection
and maintenance on the bridge built to last for 120 years.
He said three major inspections had been conducted on the
bridge in 1988-89,1999 and 2000 and during the last
inspection a crack was detected in one of the beams which
was welded.
Mr Dagadu explained that the current problem was the result
of heavy-duty vehicles like articulated trucks using the
bridge designed for vehicles that weighed a maximum of 20
tonnes when loaded.
He said a temporary weigh-bridge would be located at the
Akwamufie end of the bridge to check the weight of vehicles,
which intend using the bridge pending the siting of a
permanent weigh-bridge later.
Mr Dagadu appealed to drivers to bear with the situation and
co-operate with the technicians working to repair the
cracks.
He commended fishermen in the area for their public
spiritedness, which led to the detection of the current
problem on the bridge.
Mr Emmanuel Akyea, a staff of Juapong branch of Agriculture
Development Bank present during the briefing, appealed to
management of GHA to relocate the toll collection booth at
the Atimpoku end of the bridge to the Akwamufie end to
relieve the bridge of the heavy weight exerted on it by
articulated trucks when the drivers halt to buy their
tickets.
GNA
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