LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL GARAGE

THIS FACILITY CONSISTS OF AN 850 CAR, FIVE LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE WHICH IS PART OF AN OVERALL HOSPITAL COMPLEX CONTAINING AN EXISTING 300 BED HOSPITAL AND AN EXPANSION PROGRAM PRESENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO UPDATE ALL SERVICE AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES RAISING THE TOTAL BED CAPACITY TO 354 BEDS. PROVISION WAS MADE AT THE GARAGE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL FLOORS AT SUCH TIME AS THE HOSPITAL HAS STILL ANOTHER EXPANSION PROGRAM. THE PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTED OF POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE SLABS AND BEAMS AND WAS DESIGNED AS A FREE SPAN SYSTEM HAVING A CENTRAL, CONTINUOUS RAMP. THE RAMP THUS BEING IN THE CENTER OF THE FACILITY ENABLES THE DRIVER TO HAVE A MINIMUM TRAVEL FROM ANY GIVEN POINT ON A FLOOR TO AN EXIT AND ELIMINATES ANY AWKWARD EXTERIOR RAMP DETAINING. /P/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • NO 2 PP 16, 18-9
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Parking: the magazine of the parking industry
  • Publisher: National Parking Association
  • ISSN: 0031-2193

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Hospitals; Parking garages; Posttensioning; Ramps
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226702
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1974 12:00AM