FIRST BRIDGE OF ITS KIND FOR STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

The Pigeon Creek Bridge in Dent County, Missouri, proves that timber bridges are well suited for long spans as well as shorter ones. This post-tensioned modular T-beam bridge is 222 feet long and 36 feet wide with a 7-inch thick asphalt wearing surface. Pigeon Creek is the first stress laminated wood bridge built for the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, whose Division of Bridges designed the structure. Located on Route 119 one mile north of Montauk State Park, the bridge is a low water crossing designed to help avoid the frequent flooding that has plagued this area of Pigeon Creek in the past. The bridge has four 55-foot spans with eight T-beam modules per span.

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  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 46
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 127
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Causeways; Long span bridges; Posttensioning; Wooden bridges
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Old TRIS Terms: Low-water crossing structures
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716648
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 20 1996 12:00AM