Tag: rapid bridge replacement

Roadbuilding

DelDOT uses GRS-IBS rapid bridge replacement on two-lane bridge

In 2013, the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) collaborated with researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) on design and construction of a new two-lane bridge just north of the C&D Canal using a rapid bridge replacement technique, according to a UD announcement posted to Phys.org. The old bridge was replaced with a geosynthetic reinforced soil integrated bridge […]

June 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

PennDOT plans to replace 20 structurally deficient bridges in Lancaster County in 2017

A report released by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) on Feb. 15 lists Pennsylvania as second among the states with structurally deficient bridges. In effort to bring that number down, PennDOT is planning to replace 20 bridges in Lancaster County in 2017 at an average cost of $1.59 million apiece, Lancaster Online reports. “We’ve been chipping away […]

February 28, 2017

Roadbuilding

RIDOT demolishes, installs East Shore Expy. Bridge in just 80 hours (Time-lapse)

Over the span of just 80 hours, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation carried out a rapid bridge replacement of the East Shore Expressway Bridge in East Providence. Between September 9 and 13 the department demolished the old bridge—classified as functionally obsolete with significant concrete cracking—and installed a new span which was built in temporary […]

September 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT starts second 80-hour bridge replacement this month with McCormick Quarry Bridge

For the second time this month, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be replacing a bridge in East Providence within 80 hours. The agency will begin the replacement of the McCormick Quarry Bridge starting tonight at 9 p.m. RIDOT says the bridge, built in 1959, has been structurally deficient for more than 20 […]

September 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT to replace East Shore Expressway Bridge in 80 hours

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is planning for a rapid bridge replacement of the East Shore Expressway Bridge in East Providence in just 80 hours beginning September 9. Conventional replacement would take a year and cause prolonged traffic congestion, the agency says. The bridge carries traffic from Interstate 195 East at Exit 7 […]

September 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT uses bridge bundles for contracts to streamline projects

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is using bridge bundles, a method of design-build contracts organized by geography, to help “accelerate the replacement” of 25 bridges across the state. GDOT says this method, which used five design-build contracts that packages four to six bridges each, allows contractors to “efficiently streamline delivery by combining design and […]

August 2, 2016