Best management practices for storage of historic metal truss bridges.

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• Creators:
  White, Donald W. ; Teizer, Jochen ; Fang, Yihai ; Nguyen, Thanh V. ; Jarriell, Ryan
• Corporate Creators:
  Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Truss bridges
  • Metal bridges
  • Historic bridges
  • Best practices
  • Storage facilities
  • Evaluation
  • Historic preservation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GA-14-1205
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Georgia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  As part of a 2002 agreement with the FHWA, GDOT has committed to consider storing metal truss ; bridges of historic value in lieu of demolition, until a recipient could be located. This research addresses the most ; effective processes for storage of historic metal truss bridges until a reuse can be determined. The design and ; material integrity of the bridge must be retained. The report first reviews the conditions leading to the decision to ; replace a historic bridge including the determination of the feasibility for reuse, discusses the cases in which ; metal truss bridges are commonly stored in situ versus being removed and stored at an off-site location, then ; addresses the early tasks to be undertaken once the decision has been made to store a bridge. These activities are ; referred to broadly as the evaluation and stabilization of the bridge. This is followed by an assessment of best ; practices in the areas preservation, documentation, marketing, disassembly, transportation, and cost estimation as ; these pertain to storage. The research concludes with a case study that analyses the marketing and storage of a ; historic metal truss bridge in Griffin, Georgia, which was replaced in 2012.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28650/dot_28650_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.46 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9f44eb01184bb215ccce9b5b8cf82cad4244ad278844e2c9acf72f0673a5c041