SPLICED CONCRETE GIRDERS CARRY HEAVY TANK TRAFFIC

A bridge was constructed over the Salt River, near Fort Knox, Kentucky, to carry heavy U.S. Army tanks to their training areas. This article describes the construction of the spliced concrete girders. Three lines of 7.5-ft.-deep concrete girders were precast for the 85 and 105 ft. outer spans of the bridge. The three 160 ft. center span girders were each precast in two 80-ft.-lengths. Construction Products Corporation did the precasting in Lafayette, Indiana, and shipped the 18 girder sections by rail nearly 200 miles to Cannelton, Indiana, where they were loaded onto barges and moved about 50 miles to the job site. The subcontractor, Javier Steel Corporation, Louisville, spliced the 80-ft.-lengths into 160 ft. girders while they were on the barge. Other details of the construction of the girders are given in this article, as well as information on the deck forming.

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  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Publication Date: 1989-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 52-54
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Construction; Girder bridges; Girders; Splicing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482277
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM