Bridge on Arnault Branch, Washington County, Missouri

This project deals with the replacement of an existing unreinforced concrete slab-on-ground creek overpass with a more efficient concrete slab and girder bridge with the use of relatively new materials: fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) rods and cladding steel bars. Underneath the existing overpass are installed two 0.91 m (3 ft) diameter corrugated steel pipes, allowing water flowing. Over the years, the creek occasionally flooded and water flew over the structure, making it structurally and functionally inadequate and posing a primary issue of safety. The proposed new bridge will provide sufficient elevation to discharge water at a 100-year flood event. The existing overpass will be replaced with a rapidly-constructed, three-span bridge with precast FRP reinforced concrete slabs and box girders, and cast-in-place cladding steel reinforced concrete abutments and piers. It will be monitored for the following years to document the performance of the overall bridge. The objectives of this study are to further validate two innovative FRP reinforcement concepts and one low corrosion application of cladding steel, and to monitor the bridge performance. The three spans will be constructed with precast FRP-reinforced concrete panels on steel girders, precast FRP-reinforced concrete panels on concrete girders, and precast FRP-reinforced concrete box girders. The two spans with conventional bridge girders are considered in order to extend the applicability of validated technologies into both new construction and the deck replacement of existing bridges. The conventional girder spans will also provide good benchmarks for the third span with box girders. The high grade cladding steel will be used to reinforce abutments and piers to reduce corrosion potential. The new bridge will have three 8.23 m (27 ft) long spans, for a total length of 24.69 m (81 ft), and out-to-out deck width of 6.40 m (21 ft).

• Record URL:
  http://utc.mst.edu/research/R275.html

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $337500.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0014

  00034512

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Innovative Bridge Research and Construction
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Performing Organizations:

  Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies

  Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Rolla, MO  United States  65409
• Principal Investigators:

  Chen, Genda

• Start Date: 20070613
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20120930
• Source Data: RiP Project 28360

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girder bridges; Bridge decks; Bridge design; Cladding; Corrugated pipe; Corrugated steel; Fiber reinforced polymers; Flood protection; Girder bridges; Reinforced concrete bridges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge replacement
• Geographic Terms: Washington County (Missouri)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01471149
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0014, 00034512
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 1 2013 1:15AM