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Category Archives: Bridge Design Economics
Midland County Bundles Innovative Steel Bridge System, Saves Big
By Guy Nelson, P.E., S.E., and Megan Nicolaisen, Valmont Industries, Inc. How do you know it’s spring in Michigan? Seeing the road change from white to brown; feeling the pavement change from smooth to bumpy and back again; witnessing a … Continue reading
Iowa County Engineer to Save Over $100,000 Using Innovative Steel Design for Bridge Replacement Project
If you’re a county/state engineer or a bridge owner, cost is always a deciding factor in which material to choose for your next project. A new design using press-brake-formed steel tub girders (PBTG) is providing a durable, cost-saving solution for … Continue reading
New Bridge Design Saves Months in Construction Schedule
The town of Roseville, Ohio has a new short span steel bridge in place – the first of its kind in the state, with results that are attracting attention nationwide from county engineers; federal, state and local transportation officials; and bridge … Continue reading
Posted in Abutments, Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction, Bridge Design Economics, County Bridges, FHWA, Installation, Modular Bridges, Plate Girder, Prefabricated Bridges, short span bridge design tools, Short Span Bridges, Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance, Steel Bridges, Substructure Elements, Superstructure, Sustainability
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Increase Your Options, Lower Your Costs With Steel
County engineers, state and local Department of Transportation (DOT) officials, owners and other bridge design professionals have some great educational opportunities coming up this fall to learn about the time and cost efficiencies to be gained from using steel for short … Continue reading
Turning a Challenge Into an Innovative Design Solution
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” claims a popular adage. But sometimes lasting change comes from a good old-fashioned challenge. One example is when the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) charged the North American steel industry in 2009 to “develop a … Continue reading
Posted in Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction, Bridge Design Economics, County Bridges, FHWA, Modular Bridges, Plate Girder, short span bridge design tools, Short Span Bridges, Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance, Steel Bridges
Tagged Amish Sawmill Bridge, buchanan county iowa, Muskingum County Ohio
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Muskingum County’s Short Span Steel Bridge Solution – Quicker, More Cost-Effective and Constructed in 30 Days!
When the Muskingum County (Ohio) Engineers Office (MCEO) needed to replace the structurally deficient Boggs Road Bridge near Zanesville, a detailed engineering analysis was conducted to compare the cost of replacing the existing bridge with steel or concrete. The original … Continue reading
Posted in Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction, Bridge Design Economics, County Bridges, eSPAN140, Installation, Material Recycling, Plate Girder, short span bridge design tools, Short Span Bridges, Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance, Steel Bridges, Superstructure, Sustainability
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3-D Model of Buchanan County, Iowa Bridge
Check out this 3D Model of the Buchanan, Iowa bridge that was developed by US Bridge when detailing the bridge. It’s known as “BrIM”, Bridge Information Modeling. According to Dennis Gonano of US Bridge, the BrIM was converted from AutoCAD … Continue reading
How does a county engineer keep his projects moving forward while managing his budget and maintaining his sanity in today’s transportation/infrastructure environment? Take the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, a lift bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine. At 73 years old, … Continue reading
A Short Span Steel Bridge Saves a Local Community
According to the American Society for Civil Engineers, more than 26% (one in four) of the nation’s bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete (see http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/fact-sheet/bridges). Over half of these bridges are in rural locations, and essential to the … Continue reading
Posted in Accelerated Bridge Design and Construction, Bridge Design Economics, eSPAN140, short span bridge design tools, Short Span Bridges, Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance, Uncategorized
Tagged bridge design tools, buchanan county iowa, county bridges, county engineers, short span steel bridges, steel bridge design, steel bridge fabricator, transportation
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