Abstract
The article deals with bridge-type buildings over small rivers of cities as an urban planning tool that facilitates transport problems in these cities. A large number of small rivers in cities, which create insurmountable obstacles for vehicles, separate urban districts preventing vehicles from moving from one district to another taking the shortest route. This circumstance forces vehicles to travel on major highways, overloading them and creating essential congestions. Embankments along small rivers also lead traffic flows to the main highways. As a result of the conducted research, the authors propose to create bridge-type buildings with transport turnpikes through these obstacles, using them for the infrastructure necessary for the city. Such bridge-type buildings can be constructed at the level of embankments, avoiding access trestles that significantly clutter up the adjacent streets and require reconstruction of the surrounding territories. Small bridge-type buildings for these purposes with a span of up to 25 m based on steel-reinforced concrete structures are not expensive and can be financed by investors in case of their interest to rent premises located on the floors of such bridge-type buildings.
Highlights
Well-known transport problems in large cities and megacities concern residents of these areas and specialists who can find solutions to these problems
With the high cost of these structures, their construction is given to government establishments that do not receive quick financial return on these structures. This problem is being considered by the authors representing the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MSUCE)
The intersection of access trestles with streets in the same plane will allow minimal means uniting the existing street and road network torn by small rivers, and, provided a sufficient number of bridge-type buildings, create more rational and calm traffic conditions for local vehicles, without the need to exit on highways
Summary
Well-known transport problems in large cities and megacities concern residents of these areas and specialists who can find solutions to these problems. It is proposed to solve the concerned problem using bridge-type buildings, which, on the one hand, are a transport artery with limited traffic of only passenger vehicles, and, on the other hand, include functions needed for the city (trade, storage facilities, parking lots, etc.).
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