Prefabricated/Precast Bridge Elements and Systems (PBES) for Off-System Bridges

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• Creators:
  Roddenberry, Michelle ; Servos, Joseph
• Corporate Creators:
  Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Florida. Department of Transportation. Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge construction
  • Prestressed concrete
  • Precast concrete
  • Accelerated bridge construction
  • Prestressed concrete
  • Precast bridges
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FSU Project ID 029858
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Edition:
  Final report; Mar. 2011-Aug. 2012.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The ; Federal ; Highway ; Administration’s ; (FHWA) ; “Every ; Day ; Counts” ; initiative ; aims ; to ; shorten ; the ; overall ; project ; delivery ; time, ; enhance ; safety, ; and ; protect ; the ; environment ; both ; on ; and ; around ; construction ; projects. ; Using ; innovative ; planning, ; design, ; and ; construction ; methods, ; Accelerated ; Bridge ; Construction ; (ABC) ; techniques ; reduce ; on-­‐site ; construction ; time ; for ; new ; or ; replacement ; bridges. ; One ; aspect ; of ; ABC ; is ; Prefabricated ; Bridge ; Elements ; and ; Systems ; (PBES), ; where ; bridge ; components ; are ; fabricated ; off ; site ; to ; reduce ; on-­‐site ; construction ; activities. ; Many ; state ; departments ; of ; transportation ; (DOTs) ; are ; currently ; making ; efforts ; to ; implement ; PBES ; for ; construction ; of ; their ; off-­‐system ; bridges. ; The ; purpose ; of ; this ; research ; project ; was ; to ; investigate ; other ; states’ ; standards ; and ; to ; evaluate ; them ; for ; possible ; implementation ; in ; Florida. ; An ; exhaustive ; search ; was ; made, ; and ; new ; literature ; was ; reviewed, ; to ; learn ; about ; current ; DOT ; standards ; and ; practices. ; The ; search ; revealed ; that ; the ; states ; with ; the ; most ; prefabricated ; bridge ; standards ; or ; activities ; are ; as ; follows: ; Utah, ; Alabama, ; Texas, ; Minnesota, ; and ; a ; collaboration ; of ; Northeastern ; states. ; These ; standards ; were ; reviewed ; for ; details ; such ; as ; the ; presence ; of ; post-­‐tensioning, ; joint ; types, ; design ; load, ; and ; inspectability. ; The ; two ; standard ; bridge ; types ; that ; show ; the ; most ; promise ; for ; adoption ; by ; Florida ; Department ; of ; Transportation ; (FDOT) ; are ; Minnesota‘s ; Inverted-­‐tee ; Beam, ; and ; PCI’s ; “Northeastern ; Extreme ; Tee” ; (NEXT) ; Beam. ; A ; summary ; of ; the ; findings, ; including ; advantages ; and ; disadvantages ; of ; the ; bridge ; systems, ; is ; included ; in ; this ; report. ; Also ; included ; is ; a ; comprehensive ; list ; of ; Web ; links ; to ; standard ; drawings ; from ; all ; state ; DOTs, ; as ; well ; as ; more ; information ; on ; ABC ; and ; PBES, ; which ; could ; also ; be ; helpful ; to ; expedite ; other ; research ; that ; involves ; standards ; and ; bridge ; construction/design ; practices.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  BDK83 977-­-13
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25010/dot_25010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.09 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:08da7ef3a8db8927f09554ffe7dc445343ab7f44e77e9c26630670a22fb283f8