INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIVE MOVEMENTS OF A WIDENED BRIDGE

A TWO-RING CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE WIDENED FROM 20 FT TO 28 FT BY USING STEEL GIRDERS SUPPORTED ON I-BEAMS RATHER THAN ADDITIONAL CONCRETE ARCH RIBS HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR POSSIBLE ADVERSE FEATURES, PARTICULARLY THOSE ATTRIBUTED TO RELATIVE VERTICAL MOVEMENTS BETWEEN THE EXISTING BRIDGE ROADWAY AND THE WIDENED PORTION. OBSERVATIONS REVEALED NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS RESULTING FROM VERTICAL MOVEMENT DIFFERENTIALS. /BPR/

• Record URL:
  https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/HRC8_Investigation_of_the_Relative_Movements_of_a_Widened_Bridge.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-1/3/, 4613-454, H
• Corporate Authors:

  Arkansas State Highway Department

  Little Rock, AR  United States  72203
• Publication Date: 1965-10-25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arch bridges; Bridges; Crash investigation; Girders; I beams; Motion; Pavement widening; Steel; Studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Widening
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207770
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 1 1994 12:00AM