Practical Design Guidelines for Replacement of Deficient Bridges with Low-Water Stream Crossing in the Rural Midwest

This project will produce a report that provides practical engineering guidance for the replacement of deficient bridges with low-water stream crossings in the rural Midwest. The report will address the following issues: (1) site assessment and economics; (2) selection of crossing type -- the two basic types of low-cost low-water crossings are the unvented ford and the vented ford; (3) design of roadway profile and culvert pipes; (4) selection of crossing materials -- low-water crossings can be built of concrete, crushed stone, natural stone, stone reinforced with geogrid or geotextile, stone-filled gabions and other materials; and (5) general design details. The project will provide guidelines for materials selection, provide general design details for unvented fords and vented fords constructed of different materials, and also provide guidance on signage of low-water crossings.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/567

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $162197
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(318)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483
• Project Managers:

  Behzadpour, David

• Start Date: 20150501
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20160831
• Source Data: RiP Project 39125

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Culverts; Gabions; Geotextiles; Guidelines; Rural areas; Stone; Streams
• Geographic Terms: Midwestern States
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01573300
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(318)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2015 1:00AM