User Manual for Veterans’ Glass City Skyway Bridge Monitoring System

The Veterans’ Glass City Skyway Bridge is a large cable stayed bridge in Toledo, Ohio owned and operated by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The bridge superstructure and, particularly, the stay cables have been subject to periodic icing events. An icing event monitoring system was designed and installed on the bridge to enable the bridge operators to mitigate the potential hazards associated with ice falling onto the bridge deck from the stays. The monitoring system collects regional weather data and integrates it with data from a weather station on the bridge and icing sensors mounted on the stays. The monitoring system displays information on ice accumulation and potential shedding for the operators on a compact dashboard. This user manual was provided to ODOT when the monitoring system was transitioned to ODOT from the universities conducting the research, testing in the laboratory and field, and development after a trial operation period covering two winters. It contains operation and maintenance instructions for the hardware and software that constitute the monitoring system.

• Record URL:
  http://cdm16007.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p267401ccp2/id/14636
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Toledo

  Toledo, OH  United States  43606

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Office of Statewide Planning and Research
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Nims, Douglas
  • Hunt, Victor
  • Helmicki, Arthur
• Publication Date: 2017-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 121p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cable stayed bridges; Computer program documentation; Icing; Maintenance; Monitoring; Sensors; Winter maintenance
• Identifier Terms: Veteran's Glass City Skyway Bridge
• Geographic Terms: Toledo (Ohio)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01632268
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/OH-2017-7
• Contract Numbers: SJN 135032; ODOT Agreement No. 26711
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 12 2017 2:13PM