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The only road link between the Kutch and Saurashtra areas is the road bridge at Surajbadi, which was damaged; this stalled traffic for a few days before it was temporarily restored for slow traffic conditions. Damages to other major road and rail bridges are also recorded.
The old multispan balanced cantilever RC slab bridge with suspended spans at Surajbadi sustained severe damage at the bearings at most piers, and has lateral movement of the deck at one of the piers.
Close-up view of the damage sustained at the bearings on most piers of the old Surajbadi bridge.
Prestressed concrete girder bridge nearing completion
at Surajbadi. Completed spans sustained substantial damage like pounding
of the deck slab, horizontal movement of girder, and damage at the bottom
of girders.
The bridge was provided with RC lateral restrainers to prevent dislodging of spans in the transverse direction. Most of these devices sustained damage due to lateral pounding by the spans.
The movement of the girders in the new Surajbadi Bridge along the longitudinal and transverse directions imposed severe strains on the neoprene bearings and spalling of cover concrete at the bottom of the girders. More details on this bridge are also available at www.tcpl.com
Lateral movement of soil at the abutment of the four-span RC bridge near Vondh.
Damage to the unequal-height bed blocks at the RC bridge near Vondh. The pier supports two spans with different girder/slab depths.
This pier at the RC bridge near Vondh was found to have a tilt. Considerable liquefaction was observed at the site.
Damage to pipe culvert. The site had considerable liquefaction.
A number of RC slab culverts on stone masonry abutments sustained damage.
Lateral movement of the wing wall at the abutment of RC slab bridge.
A number of old masonry arch bridges for Indian railways sustained extensive damage. This bridge is about 88 years old.
Unsymmetrical
failure of stone masonry arch railway bridge.
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