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Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Tamshui Line Design
Chientan Station
The station is a concrete structure with a cable-suspended station roof supported by two gigantic concrete pylons founded on pile foundation of 18-1.5mˇíC.I.P. concrete piles. Each pile cap is casted with 1130m3 mass concrete. Pylons are 38.2m tall, with slant of 66°from the vertical. Roof slab dimensions are 187.6mL×16mW ×3.5mH and the roof slab is formed by series of 5.8m segments. Roof ridge concrete box girder is 4mW×1.5mH.
Client:
Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei Municipal Government
Location:
Taipei (near Grand Hotel)