Load Rating Assessment of Three Slab-Span Bridges over Shingle Creek
MnDOT has identified a critical trucking corridor on I-94 and I-694 that includes traversing over one of three concrete slab span (C-SLABS) bridges crossing Shingle Creek in Brooklyn Center, MN. Overweight permits have been granted for vehicles similar to MN standard permit trucks A, B, and C to cross these structures; however, passage has not been granted for some larger vehicles. These three bridges are not scheduled for significant future improvements or replacement. The main objectives of this project are to (1) collect data from field testing to characterize the behavior (strains, deflections, dynamic response) of the C-SLABS under a known truck load; (2) further evaluate live load response and bridge capacity using a refined method of numerical analysis validated using field test data; (3) assess the impact of the measured and modeled live load response on bridge behavior, permit load rating, and bridge capacity; (4) contribute to the development of guidance related to permit load rating these three C-SLAB structures.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $150,800.00
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Contract Numbers:
1036194
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Sponsor Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Swenson College of Civil Engineering
1405 University Drive
Duluth, MN United States 55812 -
Principal Investigators:
Dymond, Benjamin
- Start Date: 20200612
- Expected Completion Date: 20220831
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Concrete bridges; Live loads; Overweight loads
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01727577
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 1036194
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 14 2020 11:48AM