STAGING SPAN REPLACEMENT FOR OLD BRIDGE SAVES $5 MILLION

The paper reports how, instead of building a new bridge to carry heavier coal trains across the Missouri River near Rulo, Neb., the prefabricated steel spans were slid onto new and modified piers that supported an existing 90-year-old bridge. The rehabilitated structure will be 1,863-ft-long with eight plate girder side spans and two through truss spans in the center. It will be 186 ft shorter than the existing 2,049-ft bridge because the east embankment will be extended.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 58
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 198
  • Issue Number: 25
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge piers; Bridges; Construction projects; Girder bridges; Piers (Supports); Piers (Wharves); Plate girder bridges; Reconstruction; Trusses
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167975
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM