CSXT REPLACES KENTUCKY BRIDGE IN 24 HOURS

Using a pre-assembled span and two 500-ton cranes, CSX Transportation capped a 400-mile, 5-day track maintenance "jamboree" by changing out a 158-foot bridge in 24 hours. The article describes various solutions to engineering challenges posed by having to build new tiers and reinforce old ones around existing trusses and decks.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • RICHARDS, D
  • Chapin, S
  • Simpson, G
• Publication Date: 2001-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 33-37
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge piers; Bridge substructures; Bridge superstructures; Maintenance of way; Railroad bridges
• Identifier Terms: CSX Transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00817906
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 2001 12:00AM