HEALTH MONITORING OF SUPERSTRUCTURES OF NEW ZEALAND ROAD BRIDGES: BEALEY (WAIMAKARIRI) BRIDGE, CANTERBURY

Bridge Health Monitoring is a method of evaluating the ability of a bridge to perform its required task (also called fitness for purpose) by monitoring the response of the bridge to the traffic loads it has to withstand. This research project, carried out in 1998-1999, is part of Stage 2 of the Short-Term Health Monitoring and "Fitness for Purpose" Assessment of 10 bridges on New Zealand highways, in order to develop and evaluate the methodology. The Bealey Bridge over the Waimakariri River, on State Highway 73 east of Arthur's Pass, Canterbury Region, South Island, was built in 1935. It was selected as one of these ten because it is an aging single-lane reinforced-concrete bridge with a concrete deck, and it has a low conventional strength rating. Its fitness for purpose evaluation indicates that the bridge is safely carrying the heavy vehicle traffic currently using the route. (a)

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• Authors:
  • ANDERSEN, R P
  • ROBERTS, W S
  • Heywood, R J
  • HELDT, T J
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 44 p.
• Serial:
  • TRANSFUND NEW ZEALAND RESEARCH REPORT
  • Issue Number: 166
  • Publisher: California Transit Association
  • ISSN: 1174-0574

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge superstructures; Bridges; Concrete; Continuous structures; Failure; Loads; Reinforced concrete; Surveillance; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge spans
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 4755: Concrete; 9006: Continuous; 5520: Failure; 5567: Load; 8079: New Zealand; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 3452: Span; 3473: Superstructure (bridge); 9101: Surveillance; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00920421
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-478-11574-1
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 6 2002 12:00AM