Tag: accelerated bridge construction

Roadbuilding

Texas’ first accelerated bridge construction project set for I-635

Texas will get its first accelerated bridge construction project this month, for one of its busiest highways in the northern part of the state, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The ABC method, which has been used in recent years around the country to rapidly replace damaged or deteriorated bridges with minimal traffic disruptions, […]

August 10, 2020

Roadbuilding

States win $8 million in FHWA grants to study innovative roadwork techniques

Accelerated bridge construction, ultra-high-performance concrete and a robotic crash truck are a few of the roadwork innovations some states and local governments will be using this year, thanks to $8 million in federal grants. The Federal Highway Administration announced the grants for state and local governments in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, […]

January 29, 2020

Roadbuilding

Ga. DOT time-lapse documents ABC project to replace Atlanta’s Courtland St. Bridge

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) time lapse video below shows the accelerated bridge construction (ABC) project for the reconstruction of the Courtland Street Bridge in Atlanta. Using ABC allowed the project to be completed in five months rather than two years. The project, which cost approximately $25 million from federal, state, and local sources, […]

July 31, 2019

Roadbuilding

Accelerated Bridge Construction picks up speed with lower costs, safer job sites

The use of Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) is growing, with prefabricated elements and systems reducing or eliminating the onsite construction time needed to build a similar structure using conventional methods. ABC relies on innovative planning, design, materials and construction methods to reduce both onsite bridge construction and reconstruction time. That’s important to highway contractors who […]

March 15, 2019

Roadbuilding

Probing Miami bridge collapse, NTSB eyes concrete, tension rod, jack

The National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation into the potential causes of the bridge collapse. Learn the details of the investigation.

October 30, 2018

Roadbuilding

Nevada earthquake lab testing safeguards for Accelerated Bridge Construction connections

The goal was to prove the bridge connections are ready to be part of Accelerated Bridge Construction techniques to help provide earthquake safeguards.

May 18, 2018

Roadbuilding

From demo to done, PennDOT uses precast concrete for quick I-78 bridge project

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 5-0 reports that its Interstate 78 project in Berks County, which featured multiple bridges built using innovative construction practices and precast concrete materials, was successfully completed in 8.5 months, rather than four years. All six bridges were completely designed and constructed with prestressed and precast concrete members produced […]

April 18, 2018

Roadbuilding

Stress tests were underway when Miami bridge collapsed during accelerated construction

A first-of-its kind Miami pedestrian bridge that collapsed Thursday, killing at least six people, was being built with Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, and stress tests were underway when it failed, officials say. A contractor’s crews were conducting the stress tests on the incomplete structure at the time of the collapse, according to Miami-Dade Mayor […]

March 16, 2018

Roadbuilding

Weekend closures continue on I-24 in Nashville to replace bridges

Nashville drivers just made it past their second weekend of the closing of Interstate 24 in the downtown area. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says two more weekends of closing that section of the interstate will be needed for the $28.5 million project to replace the Oldham Street and Spring Street bridges. Though the weekend […]

October 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

Penn. Turnpike to replace two bridges in less than two weeks

Call it a bridge-building blitz. The Pennsylvania Turnpike will replace two bridges within two weekends. The process known as accelerated bridge construction will save a year or more in construction time and cut costs, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says. A similar process, though on a much larger scale, was used to replace the Interstate 85 […]

September 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Workers demo and replace Conn. bridge in 90-second time-lapse

The timelapse video below shows a Route 8 bridge being replaced as part of the Connecticut Department of Transportation‘s (CTDOT) Bridge Program, which prioritizes rehabilitation and replacement work based on a continuous assessment of the remaining useful life of bridges. Accelerated Bridge Construction techniques were used to reduce bridge closure time. Prefabricated modular steel beam […]

August 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

ABC cuts PennDOT bridge replacement from 6 months to 2 weeks

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will use accelerated bridge construction (ABC) to replace the Route 11 bridge in Dickinson and West Pennsboro townships, The Sentinel reports. PennDOT District 8 spokesman Greg Penny told the news agency that, if they hadn’t decided on ABC, the work would have taken six months if they closed the […]

August 15, 2017