Super-Cor is ideal for medium-sized bridge construction applications.
Super-Cor combines the advantages of lightweight construction with the superior strength and durability of deep-corrugated galvanized steel to create buried arch bridge spans that can reach 25 m (82′).
The larger annular corrugations in Super-Cor Structural Steel Plate provide nine times the stiffness of conventional plate, allowing it to withstand the heaviest of loads. Not only is Super-Cor the most versatile and economical corrugated metal plate on the market, it is also the most internationally accepted and widely used.
Super strong, flexible and resilient buried arch bridges
Buried arch bridges, tunnels and other structures made from Super-Cor carry loads through soil-structure interaction, meaning the bridge and the backfill soils act together to support the loads. Settlement tolerances for buried arch bridges are much higher than that of buried concrete bridges, allowing for lower foundation costs.
Box culverts offer increased clearance and flow
Super-Cor box culverts offer optimal clearance boxes and hydraulic flow geometry along with shallow covers for low-rise applications.
Recommended for bridge construction and other applications
Super-Cor is recommended for bridges, tunnels, grade separations, road or rail overpasses, stream crossings, box culverts, culvert relines, portals, canopies and storage structures.
Discover the many benefits of buried arch bridges
Structural steel plate bridges offer many advantages over concrete equivalents and traditional site-built beam bridges, truss bridges or concrete culverts.
Visit our Buried Bridge Benefits page to learn more >>
Bring enhanced aesthetics to your buried arch bridges
From interior finishes and lighting to exterior end treatments and even urban greenways on top, take a look at the full range of possibilities for buried arch bridges in our Design Ideas Gallery.
Visit our Design Ideas Gallery to learn more >>
BROCHURES & VIDEOS
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Super-Cor Brochure
14-page, full-colour brochure outlining Super-Cor product, applications, specifications and geometries.
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AIL Buried Metal Bridges & Tunnels Planning & Resource Guide
Discover how AIL's Buried Metal Bridges offer many advantages over concrete structures and bridges in this comprehensive guide with: benefits section; design ideas and sector/application galleries; complete product information and comparisons; and installation details.
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Super-Cor Box Culvert, Little Catalina, NL
Take a 306° drone-video tour of this bridge replacement project nearing completion on Route 230 in Little Catalina, NL. The Super-Cor Box Culvert with Best-Kote Buried Bridge Coating and Cast-in-Place Concrete headwalls will offer over 75 years of resilient and sustainable service.
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Super-Cor Low Profile Arch, Kelowna, BC
Multiple AIL engineered products teamed up on this connector road project: a Super-Cor Arch, a Bolt-A-Plate Arch, MSE Wire Walls and Corrugated Steel Pipe
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Madoc Creek Super-Cor Box Culvert, Madoc, ON
Tour this Super-Cor stream crossing with MSE Wire Walls and learn more about the built-in benefits of AIL's Buried Metal Bridges — the "greener" alternatives to concrete bridges and structures
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Muskrat Pond Trail Bridge, Terra Cotta Conservation Area, ON
Take a drone video tour of this Super-Cor Box Culvert with MSE Wire Walls and locally sourced wooden picket railings that naturally suit the Halton Ontario park's environment.
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Super-Cor Stream Crossing, Port Alberni, BC
Tour this resilient and sustainable Super-Cor stream crossing featuring polymer coating on the lower sections and MSE Wire Walls with Geotextile Reinforced Soil (GRS) technology.
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Super-Cor Bridge Replacement, Tweed, ON
Check out this Super-Cor bridge replacement which was value-engineered with polymer coating on the lower sections only to provide a design service life of over 75 years.
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Super-Cor Underpass, Conception Bay South, NL
Take a quick video tour of this Super-Cor Arch with MSE Precast Panel Walls installed in 2012 as an grade separation for Forest Road in Conception Bay South.
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Super-Cor Highway Underpass, Pasadena, NL
Take a drone video tour of the West Haven TCH underpass at Pasadena, NL featuring a Super-Cor Arch with step-bevelled ends and a reinforced concrete collar installed in 1996.
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Super-Cor Grade Separation, Come By Chance, NL
Take a drone video tour of the Sunnyside/Trans Canada Highway interchange at Come By Change, NL featuring a Super-Cor Arch with MSE Precast Panel Headwalls installed in 2011.
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Super-Cor stream crossing for Calgary development
Check out this Super-Cor Arch stream crossing for the Elbow Valley development, complete with river stone headwalls and architectural balustrades.
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Coated Super-Cor Box Culvert replaces failing concrete structure at Trepassey, NL
A 12 m Super-Cor Box Culvert with Best•Kote Buried Bridge Coating installed quickly over Northeast Brook in Trepassey. Our MSE Precast Panel Wing Walls finished it off.
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Coated Super-Cor replaces failing concrete structure at John’s Brook, NL
A 10 m Super-Cor Box Culvert with Best•Kote Buried Bridge Coating installed quickly over an active streambed. Our MSE Precast Panel Wing Walls finished it off.
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Super-Cor Grade Separation with MSE Walls, Deer Lake, NL
Take a drone video tour of this Super-Cor Low Profile Arch after 22 years of virtually maintenance-free service at the Deer Lake Spillway, NL.
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Super-Cor Arch with MSE Walls, Edmonton, AB
Fly over, around and through this new Super-Cor Arch with tiered MSE Precast Panel Walls for The Crossing at River’s Edge development near Edmonton, AB. Copyright The AIL Group of Companies 2021.
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Super-Cor Box Culvert replacement bridge, Mutton Bay, NL
Take a quick drone-video tour of this new Super-Cor Box Culvert stream crossing with MSE Precast Panel Wingwalls in Mutton Bay, NL.
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Super-Cor Box Culvert stream crossing, Vernon, BC
Fly over, around and through this new Super-Cor Low Profile Arch stream crossing with concrete block headwalls in Vernon, BC.
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Two-stage Super-Cor construction keeps highway traffic moving at Windsor, NS
Take a 360° video tour through the different phases of this railway overpass project for the twinning of Highway 101.
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Super-Cor Box Culvert in Kelowna BC
See how well the new Mill Creek buried steel bridge nestles into its setting with economical Gabion Basket headwalls, precast concrete jersey barriers and steel safety railings.
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Super-Cor stream crossing at Porter Brook, NB
Fly over, under and through this 1996 Super-Cor stream crossing and you’ll discover the many benefits of buried bridges from AIL.
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Super-Cor Arch highway underpass at Passekeag, NB
See the many buried bridge benefits inherent in this Super-Cor Arch installed in 1996 under Highway 1.
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Super-Cor Arches create grade separations at Penobsquis, NB
Take a drone video tour of these twin Super-Cor buried bridges installed in 1996 under Highway 1 at Picadilly Road.
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Super-Cor Arch Grade Separation, TCH at Linwood Road, PE
Take a 360° video tour of this Super-Cor Buried Bridge value-engineered with partial MSE Precast Panel Headwalls and Wingwalls.
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Super-Cor Arch Grade Separation, TCH at Baltic Road, PE
Take a drone video tour of this Super-Cor Buried Bridge with MSE Precast Panel Headwalls and Wingwalls in Ashlar Stone texture.
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Super-Cor Structural Steel Plate Culvert, Fox Creek, NB
Take a drone video tour of this 64 m maintenance-free culvert with bevelled ends and an environmentally friendly, open-bottom design.
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Kieley Brook Buried Bridge, Ingramport, Nova Scotia
Take a 360° video tour of this Super•Cor Arch with MSE Precast Panel Wall Headwalls on the Exit 5A Connector to Route 103 at Ingramport, Nova Scotia.
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Super-Cor Arch with GRS Headwalls, Vancouver Island
Take a 360° video tour of this Super-Cor Arch with partial Best•Kote Polymer Coating and innovative Geotextile Reinforced Soil (GRS) Headwalls and Backfill.
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Super•Cor Arch - Structural Plate, Station Road Bridge
Our videographer revisits this Super•Cor Buried Bridge under the TCH 104 “Cobequid Pass” near Great Village, Nova Scotia, almost twenty-five years after its installation in 1996.
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Super-Cor Arch Buried Bridge, East River, NS
Fly over, around and through this new Super-Cor Arch with Best•Kote Polymer Coating and MSE Precast Panel Headwalls in the Ashlar Stone texture, and you’ll see just how handsome one of our buried bridges can be.
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Time-Lapse Video: From Site Prep to First Train in 120 Days
Watch giant twin culvert tunnels come to life as part of this Australian mine site’s rail overpass project.
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