Always thought that there was a better way to replace small bridges at least.
Prefab sections certainly should speed up the work.
The union wire lathers don’t like them though. Small towns simply can’t afford to go that route over prefabs.
Do you use the existing support beams?
Do you use the existing support beams?
What’s their bottom line here ?
We’ve seen bridge collapses. It’s a nightmare of mine that is shared by literally everyone in America.
We can do fast, but can we do good for a change ? Why is it older bridges throughout the Northeast lasted for over a century, but these newer Eisenhower bridges can’t seem to live up to that legacy ?
It seems like they are using the same abutments while replacing all the structural members on the bridge.
Interesting! Unfortunately anything that results in “substantial savings” will never happen in New Jersey.
In Rhode Island a decade ago, a new interstate bridge was fabricated at a shoreside facility about fifteen miles away, whilst the new abutments were being prepared. The completed bridge fabrication was then loaded on a barge, moved into place at high tide, then as the tide receded the bridge eased into the new abutments.
Brilliant cost saving engineering!