Accelerated Bridge Construction Technology

In the United States of America's overall economy, an important and integral part is transportation. Many businesses in the USA are relying on "just-in-time" deliveries since American society is highly mobile. Due to increasing traffic demands, existing highway network capacity is being challenged. Repair or replacement is needed by one-third of American bridges, which have an average age of about 45 years. Traffic capacity is further reduced and congestion aggravated because national highway system reconstruction can be as high as 20 percent during peak travel seasons. Economy, safety, and mobility are affected by congestion. Since 2001, accelerated bridge construction has been promoted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Various prefabricated bridge systems found to be effective both domestically and globally for construction acceleration are presented by the author. To help bridge owners and designers in deciding when the most effective time for accelerated bridge construction could be, FHWA published a decision making framework.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research

  State University of New York, 107 Red Jacket Quadrangle, P.O. Box 610025
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14261-0025

  Chongqing Communications Research & Design Institute

  Chongqing,   China  400067

  Tongji University

  Department of Bridge Engineering
  1239 Siping Road
  Shanghai,   China  200092
• Authors:
  • Tang, Benjamin M
• Conference:
  • PRC-US Workshop on Seismic Analysis and Design of Special Bridges: Advancing Bridge Technologies in Research, Design, Construction and Preservation
  • Location: Chongqing , China
  • Date: 2006-9-19 to 2006-6-21
• Publication Date: 2006-10-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 307-313
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Fourth PRC-US Workshop on Seismic Analysis and Design of Special Bridges: Advancing Bridge Technologies in Research, Design, Construction and Preservation
• Serial:
  • Proceedings of the Fourth PRC-US Workshop on Seismic Analysis and Design of Special Bridges: Advancing Bridge Technologies in Research, Design, Construction and Preservation
  • ISSN: 1520-295X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerated bridge construction; Businesses; Demand; Economics; Highway capacity; Mobility; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Prefabricated bridges; Safety; Technology; Traffic
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Acceleration; Bridge repair; Congestion; Framework; Replacement (Bridges)
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076534
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 21 2007 1:54PM