ESWP: International Bridge Conference®: Technical Program

Design, Part 1

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
8:30AM to NOON

Chair: Gerald Pitzer, PE, GAI Consultants, Inc., Homestead, PA

IBC 08-09- Design/Build of I35W Bridge Replacement
Kevin Western, PE, Minnesota DOT, Bridge Division, Oakdale, MN; Christoper Burgess, PE,SE, FIGG, Denver, CO

Locating a major Interstate bridge, accommodating ten lanes of traffic, with future transit potential, in the heart of any major city, is challenging. In the case of the I-35 bridge, there are also extremely compressed design and construction schedules, the emotional considerations of the public and including appropriate aesthetic elements.

IBC 08-10 - Steel-Composite Design of Railway Arch Bridge Improves Constructability & Efficiency
Sena Kumarasena, HNTB Corporation, Boston, MA

The paper will discuss the design and constructability aspects of a 372-m (1220-ft) long railroad bridge in a remote location in Katra, India. The proposed bridge has a 265-m (870-ft) arch span over the 200-m (650-ft) deep gorge and is designed to carry a two track rail road being built as a part of a large scale railway expansion project. The remote mountainous project location is inaccessible and temporary access roads that meander along the mountain slopes are being built for the transportation of construction equipment and material. The design-build team proposed a steel-composite design for the arch rib to improve the constructability and efficiency.

IBC 08-11 - Context Sensitive Aesthetic Treatments for the Farm Lane Underpass Project
Jeremy Hedden, Bergmann Associates, Lansing, MI; Neal Billetdeaux, Smith Group JJR, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI

Farm Lane Road represents the primary southern vehicular and pedestrian access to the Michigan State University Campus in East Lansing, MI. Currently, two at-grade rail crossings create significant traffic delays and pedestrian safety concerns on this corridor. The Farm Lane Road Underpass project provided an opportunity to integrate a Context Sensitive Solution process in the design of the rail grade-separations (rail over roadway). The project included extensive involvement with University groups (aesthetics, environmental, water resources, engineering & maintenance, and others) in addition to county, railroad and private utility coordination.

IBC 08-12 - IT-Streamlined Processes for Accelerating Bridge Delivery
Stuart Chen, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; Arun Shirole, Arora and Associates, Robbinsdale, MN

It is being increasingly recognized that the current U.S. practice of information transfer during the bridge planning/ design/ fabrication/ construction/ operation/ maintenance processes involve repeated manual transcription of data that is error-prone, time consuming approvals (e.g. of shop drawings), and a lack of standardized formats that hinder electronic information transfer. It is also being recognized that without such standards, electronic information exchange is cumbersome at best, and often not possible. This paper presents current research to address this challenge under FHWA sponsorship to develop a program to explore the promise of parametric 3-D bridge information modeling (BrIM) as a technology that will enable acceleration of the bridge design and delivery, as well as enhance life-cycle management.

IBC 08-13 - Alteration of CSX Transportation Bridge over the Mobile River, Hurricane, AL
Mostafa Kamal Elnahal, U.S. Coast Guard, Bridge Administration Office, Washington, DC

The presentation will adress various design and construction challenges facing the on-going alteration of CSX Transportation Bridge over the Mobile River in Hurricane, Alabama including the search for the most economical scheme. Also, it will address the Coast Guard Program of Bridge Alteration that benefits several states and railroad companies.

IBC 08-14 - Design and Construction Engineering for the Replacement of Ramp TE
Martin Kendall, Jacobs Edwards and Kelcey, New York, NY

Ramp TE over the Cross Bronx Expressway is a tightly curved ten span concrete box girder bridge that is to be replaced with a five span twin steel tub girder bridge. The bridge is founded in a park and a demolition / construction scheme was developed to accommodate all of these factors.

IBC 08-15 - Public Involvement in the Preliminary Design of the Turtle Creek Viaduct of the MonFayette Expressway
Frederick Gottemoeller, PE, AIA, Bridgescape, LLC, Colmbia, MD; James Long, PhD, Olszak Management Consulting, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Frank Kempf, PE, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

The viaduct runs through the center of an historic industrial town, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. The viaduct’s builder, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, empowered a community Design Advisory Team (DAT) to make basic design decisions. The DAT’s decisions reduced the viaduct’s impact on the town and enhanced the center's redevelopment potential.

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