President Papoulia Dedicates Greece's Corinthian Crossing
Greek Republic President Karolos Papoulia headed a list of dignitaries celebrating new awards and the naming of the bridge over the Gulf of Corinth between Rion and Antirion May 26. Most members of the group were oblivious to work under way to deal with the second of two structural adjustments to mitigate threats from freak climatic events.
Rising from footings big enough to cover one and a half football fields, a five-span, concrete 2.25-km-long cable- stayed bridge forms the main section of the crossing. Among novel features is its deck, which is seismically isolated. Supported solely by cables, the deck makes no direct contact with pylons or abutments.