New Bayonne Bridge: Raising the Roadway of an Existing Arch Bridge
Author: Joseph LoBuono
Publish Date: 11 Nov, 2018
Purpose of the Presentation
This presentation covered the followings:
- The difficulties and complexities of a multi-phased bridge project
- Rehabilitation: Strengthening the Existing Arch
- Retrofit: Relocation of the Arch Portals
- Reuse: Raising the Roadway within the Existing Arch
- The process of updating an 85 year old structure to current geometric and structural code requirements
- Challenges and solutions in construction staging to accomodate for two lanes of continual traffic
- The challenges of increasing capacity for live loads on an existing structure
- The importance of finite element analysis for identifying critical structural deficiencies when retrofitting an - existing structure with substantial complexities
Presentation Slides
Outline of the Webinar
1. Project Evolution & Development
2. Project Description
3. The EOR as Construction Engineer
A. Sequencing
B. Computer Model
4. Arch Strengthening
5. The New Portals
6. Temporary Braces
7. Construction of the New Arch Floor
8. Construction Update (? 45% complete)
The Bayonne Bridge: Existing Roadway vs. Proposed Roadway
Multiple Phases, Numerous Construction Stages
Arch Strengthening
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Speaker : Joseph LoBuono Category : Bridge Software : midas Civil Date : 2016-04-26 |
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