MOPAC ADOPTS PRESTRESSING OF CONCRETE PILES, GIRDER SPANS

Important savings in cost of both labor and material are expected. System installed for prestressing piles at road's casting yard at North Little Rock, Ark., is described. Figures shown in recent AFE's prepared by MoPac engineering indicate that the cost per foot for a concrete pile trestle is only slightly higher than for a creosoted timber pile trestle. The advantages of the concrete trestle are that it gives (1) longer spans for passage of drift; (2) complete protection from fires with attendant savings in annual elimination of vegetation; (3) very low annual maintenance costs as compared to a timber trestle; and (4) a ballast-deck structure that gives continuity to the track structure.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1974-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 70
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Prestressed concrete bridges
• Identifier Terms: Missouri Pacific Railroad
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052089
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Track and Structures
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1974 12:00AM