HULHULE-MALE’ BRIDGE PROJECT

EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project
2.3 Detailed Project Outline
2.3.1 Bridge Design Considerations
2.3.1.1 Traffic Forecasts
The planned traffic volume for this project is presented in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1: Predicted Results on Traffic Volume for this Project (pcu/d)
Year 2018 2024 2032
Equivalent of automobile 3314 5925 7218
Therein:Bus 285 536 658
Motorcycle 5465 9598 11818
2.3.1.2 Major technical standards
• Road grade: first-class highway
• Designed driving speed: 60 km/h
• Bridge’s normal width: 20.3 m; for specific road width, refer to Figure 2.5
• Design load of bridge: highway – Grade I
• Deck transverse slope: 2.5%
• Design tide level: design highest tide level: 0.55 m, design lowest tide level: -0.51 m
• Design standard wind speed: 26.3 m/s
• Seismic peak ground acceleration: 43 gal, Grade VI
Figure 2.5 Typical Cross-section of the Bridge
2.3.1.3 Plane design
This project starts from the southeast corner of Malé, links up with the planned
Boduthakurufaanu Magu (road), and then connects to the Moonlight Hin’gun road by setting a
grade crossing at AK0+036. The Male’ side approach bridge starts around the tsunami
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