Bridge System Research for Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)

California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) has been developing and testing Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) components for many months. This has been in response to the Federal Highway Administration's desire to employ the many advantages of ABC compared to conventional cast-in-place (CIP) construction methods. Caltrans has been careful to include seismic aspects in all ABC element development. By mid 2014, Caltrans will be ready to combine the best results of seismically oriented component development into a complete bridge system to validate the functionality of various components in a complete ABC bridge system. Thorough analysis and testing of an entire bridge system will help obtain the benefits of ABC without any compromise in seismic performance.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819
• Project Managers:

  Lee, Peter

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Nevada, Reno

  Reno, NV  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Saiidi, Mehdi

• Start Date: 20140121
• Expected Completion Date: 20180701
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Bridge construction; Bridge members; Cast in place structures; Earthquake resistant design; Seismicity
• Identifier Terms: California Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01620557
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 4 2017 10:54AM