Reassembly of Point Pleasant Bridge : documentation of structural damage and identification of laboratory specimens

Details

• Creators:
  Wiles, Ernest G. ; Nishanian, Jerar
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Bureau of Public Roads
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge engineering
  • Collapse
  • Highway safety
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  West Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Bureau of Public Roads
• Description:
  The collapse of the Point Pleasant Bridge created many unique problems and posed many new questions to the bridge engineering profession. One question that was paramount was, "What caused the bridge to collapse?". Arrangements were made with the Corps of Engineers to perform rescue work and to clear the wreckage II from the Ohio River channel as quickly as possible. It was decided that in order to facilitate the study of all possible causes of the failure an attempt should be made to reassemble the bridge, similar to investigations of aircraft accidents.
  
  Consequently, a 25-acre reassembly site was leased approximate1y two miles downstream from the bridge site on the West Virginia shore.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/899/dot_899_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.09 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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