Construction of SR 6220 Section A10 (Interstate 99) Bridges in Centre County: Structures 100-110 (S-23857, S-23859, S-23839, S-23840, S-23848, S-23849, S-23850, S-23851, S-23852, S-23853)

A comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan was developed for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to document the construction of high-performance concrete (HPC) bridge decks included in this research program. The plan enabled the researchers to actively participate in aiding contractors and PennDOT officials in producing a durable bridge deck. The data, observations and comments presented in this report and the individual bridge reports provide baseline reference information needed to both evaluate the section A-10 bridge decks and improve the Commonwealth's specifications for future HPC bridge decks. The impact of this work is measured through the average increase in service life and decrease in life-cycle costs of bridge structures through the use of HPC. This report serves as a summary of observations for the construction of Structures 100-110 (S-23857, S-23859, S-23839, S-23840, S-23848, S-23849, S-23850, S-23851, S-23852, S-23853), all placed during the 2005 and 2006 construction seasons. Individual bridge reports provide a more detailed discussion of each bridge. Significant research was completed at Penn State for the development of mixture designs and construction procedures used for construction of these decks. The previous work has been submitted to PennDOT through this and previous research projects. These bridges have been equipped with long-term monitoring devices to monitor the performance of the deck. Information pertaining to the deck instrumentation is contained in a companion report.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Transportation Research Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Planning and Research
  400 North Street, 6th Floor
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120-0064

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tikalsky, Paul J
  • Scheetz, Barry E
  • Tepke, David G
• Publication Date: 2007-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 103p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Construction; High performance concrete; Life cycle costing; Mix design; Monitoring; Performance; Service life; Specifications
• Geographic Terms: Centre County (Pennsylvania)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Materials; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I32: Concrete; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01110147
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PA-2007-024-030107, PTI 2007-65
• Contract Numbers: 03-01 (C07)
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 2 2008 4:05PM