Laboratory and field testing of an accelerated bridge construction demonstration bridge : US Highway 6 bridge over Keg Creek.

Details

• Creators:
  Phares, Brent ; Rouse, Jon ; Miksell, Jacob
• Corporate Creators:
  Bridge Engineering Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge construction
  • High performance concrete
  • Prefabricated bridges
  • Field tests
  • Laboratory tests
  • Bonding and joining
  • Bridge design
  • Transverse joints
  • Structural analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  InTrans Project 11-411
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation
• Abstract:
  The US Highway 6 Bridge over Keg Creek outside of Council Bluffs, Iowa is a demonstration bridge site chosen to put into practice ; newly-developed Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) concepts. One of these new concepts is the use of prefabricated highperformance ; concrete (HPC) bridge elements that are connected, in place, utilizing advanced material closure-pours and quick-to-install ; connection details. ; The Keg Creek Bridge is the first bridge in the US to utilize moment-resisting ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) joints in ; negative moment regions over piers. Through laboratory and live load field testing, performance of these transverse joints as well as ; global bridge behavior is quantified and examined. The effectiveness of the structural performance of the bridge is evaluated to provide ; guidance for future designs of similar bridges throughout the US.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR 90-00-RB02-012
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26347/dot_26347_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.32 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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