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Figure 2.13: Permanent Ground Displacements in the Upstream Area of the Shinano River<br />

The Showa Bridge was located approximately 55 km from the epicenter of the earthquake; its<br />

construction was finished five months prior to the earthquake. As shown in Figure 2.12, five<br />

simply-supported steel girders, each about 28-m spans, fell into the water (Hamada 1992).<br />

Bridge piers were supported on steel pipe piles driven through loose sands into medium dense<br />

fine sands about 15 m below the mudline. The abutments and the piers were pile bents with nine<br />

single row piles, 609 mm in diameter and 22 to 25 m in length. Deformation of the piles,<br />

resulting from the loss of lateral support from the liquefied loose sands, allowed the<br />

unconnected, simply supported spans to fall off the pier supports. After the failure, the steel pipe<br />

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