Fig. 5

Construction stages of the Navile Bridge: a positioning of the gantry and placement of the second pier segment; b construction of the first span; c placement of temporary pillar, which has correspondence with the abutment; d shift of the gantry and placement of the second pier segment; e construction of the second span; and f removal of the temporary pillar in correspondence with the abutment, of the temporary pretensioned cables in the pier segment and consequent shift of the gantry; g schematic of the symmetric cantilever module utilized for the launch of the bridge.