EXPERIMENTAL MAINTENANCE PAINTING OF I65 IN LOUISVILLE

The I-65 project in downtown Louisville consisted of 27 bridges having approximately 1,493,100 sq ft of steel. The structures had existing coatings that contained lead. The project posed significant operational and public safety and operational constraints due to close proximity of the structures with residences and businesses along the entire route. In 2000, the Central Office Project Design Team developed experimental specifications to abrasive blast and re-paint the bridges. Surface preparation procedures included solvent cleaning, pack rust removal and abrasive blast cleaning. Containment enclosures were employed throughout the project, air monitoring was performed to assure satisfactory containment, and hazardous wastes were collected and disposed of. The I-65 bridges were painted with an organic zinc rich primer and a coat of tinted moisture cure aluminum polyurethane intermediate coat and an acrylic polyurethane finish coat. The project was let at a cost of about $9.30/sq ft. The painting project started in April, 2001 and was successfully completed in November, 2001.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.2002.25
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15849
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Younce, R
  • Hopwood II, T
  • Palle, S
• Publication Date: 2002-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Photos;
• Pagination: 137 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abrasives; Acrylic resins; Aluminum paint; Blast cleaning; Coatings; Costs; Hazardous wastes; Highway bridges; Lead based paint; Maintenance; Organic coatings; Painting; Polyurethane resins; Solvents; Surface preparation; Zinc rich paint
• Uncontrolled Terms: Containment enclosures; Rust removal
• Geographic Terms: Louisville (Kentucky)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960037
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-02-25/FR108-01-1F,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: FRT-108
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 8 2003 12:00AM