A Case Study: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge Structure (GRS-IBS)

Since 2009 the St. Lawrence County Highway Department in New York State has constructed seventeen geosynthetic-reinforced soil-integrated bridge structure (GRS-IBS) bridges. This is as a result of a bridge inventory which showed that there were 81 county-owned bridges that were labeled as deficient. Twenty-seven of the 81 were placed on a 2014 priority replacement list due to a condition rating of ≤ 4.5 out of 7. There was a need to find a faster, more economical and better method for the replacement of these bridges. Thus the decision was made to use the GRS-IBS approach. This paper will present a case study of one such structure constructed by the St. Lawrence County Highway Department.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480182.021
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Suits, L David
• Conference:
  • Geo-Chicago 2016
  • Location: Chicago Illinois, United States
  • Date: 2016-8-14 to 2016-8-18
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 236-243
• Monograph Title: Geosynthetics, Forging a Path to Bona Fide Engineering Materials: Honoring Robert M. Koerner

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge members; Case studies; Geosynthetics; Ratings; Rehabilitation (Maintenance); Technological innovations
• Geographic Terms: St. Lawrence County (New York)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01611824
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784480182
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Aug 11 2016 3:17PM