FIRST USER-FRIENDLY CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE IN U.S.

The Owensboro Bridge will carry four lanes of traffic across the Ohio River between Owensboro, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana. The firm of Parsons Brinckerhoff has designed a steel alternative for this 1374 m (4508 ft) long bridge for the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The 671 m (2202 ft) long cable-stayed spans will include a 366 m (1201 ft) long main span and two 152 m (499 ft) long back spans. The main span provides 23 m (75 ft) of under-clearance for the 335 m (1100 ft) wide busy navigation channel in the Ohio River. A traditional two-tower design with A-shaped concrete towers was adopted to increase the deck torsional stiffness, which is important for bridge stability in strong wind. The two tower foundations, designed to accommodate either steel or concrete towers, have already been constructed. The mile-long Kentucky embankment has been completed as well.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Concrete Institute (ACI)

  38800 Country Club Drive
  Farmington Hills, MI  United States  48331
• Authors:
  • Hsu, R
  • Chandra, V
• Publication Date: 1998-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 58-60
• Serial:
  • Concrete International
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0162-4075

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge towers; Cable stayed bridges; Structural steel
• Geographic Terms: Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio River
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747689
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 6 1998 12:00AM