The New Main Street Bridge, Columbus, Ohio A Signature Single-Rib Tied Arch

The new Main Street Bridge replaces a concrete, open spandrel arch bridge over the Scioto River near downtown Columbus, Ohio. The new bridge is a signature, single rib, steel tied arch bridge that shares equally in complexity and form. The bridge contains three travel lanes utilizing a 39-foot wide vehicular deck and an 18-foot wide pedestrian deck that is separated by a single rib, inclined tied arch. The vehicular deck is supported by a two-cell steel box girder, and the concrete pedestrian deck is transversely connected with steel floor beams. The floor beams are supported by hangers suspended from, and in the plane of, the arch. Steel struts between the arch rib and the floor beam, which lie in a plane separate from the hangers, help stabilize the arch rib. All of the structural components work together in an integral way such that a change to any one of the components results in significant effects in the others. This interplay of structural elements dictated an optimal staging of construction and the final construction sequence is the result of careful planning and analysis to come up with an acceptable and balanced dead load condition.

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

  ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
  Zurich 8093,   Switzerland  CH-8093
• Authors:
  • Hague, Steven
  • Hutton, Hans
• Conference:
  • 17th Congress of IABSE. Creating and Renewing Urban Structures
  • Location: Chicago IL, United States
  • Date: 2008-9-17 to 2008-9-19
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 406-407
• Monograph Title: 17th Congress of IABSE. Creating and Renewing Urban Structures. Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arches; Box girder bridges; Bridge construction; Bridge decks; Bridge members; Static loads; Structural members
• Geographic Terms: Columbus (Ohio); Scioto River
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01359292
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9783857481185
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 21 2011 2:38PM