Building US Railroad Bridges within Hours a.k.a. “Railroad Bridge Change-outs”

This paper describes the replacement and upgrading of railroad bridges in the United States (US), through specific “change-outs” case examples, identifying the different factors which make them the keystone of railroad bridge maintenance, repair and replacement nowadays. It also covers advancements in the railroad industry related to railroad bridge upgrades which minimize railroad traffic interruptions. Finally, it identifies potential areas of development and expansion from these lessons learned on railroad engineering which might be useful for other structural engineers involved with infrastructure design, construction and maintenance.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The DVD lists the title of this paper as “Building US Railroad Bridges within Hours, AKA Change Outs”.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

  ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
  Zurich 8093,   Switzerland  CH-8093
• Authors:
  • Moreu, Fernando
• Conference:
  • IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007. Improving Infrastructure Worldwide
  • Location: Weimar , Germany
  • Date: 2007-9-19 to 2007-9-21
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Edition: Volume 93
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide. IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance; Railroad bridges; Railroad traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge maintenance; Medium span bridges; Short span bridges
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01322843
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 20 2010 8:24AM