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Accelerated Bridge Construction List

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Updated 11/03/04

State Location & name year completed Prefab elements time of completion est. non-ABC time incentive/ savings ($) construction comments Reference
Alabama I-65 / I-59 Interchange, Birmingham 2002 prestressed girders 37 days 90 days reward $25,000 /day 15 girders replaced in 12 nighttime hours 1,2
Alabama Dauphin Island Bridge, near Mobile 1982 superstructure 34 months        
Alaska Pelican Creek, Chicagof Island 1992 pile caps, superstruct 5 weeks     typical ADOT decked bulb-tees 1,3
Alaska Kouwegok Slough, Unalakleet 2000 pile caps, deck panels 55 days     typical ADOT deck panels 1
California IH80 / Carquinez Strait 2003 box girders, bent caps, cofferdams       improved constructability, safety 1
California 580 / 680 Interchange, San Francisco 2002 girders          
California Interstate 5, Orange County 2000 girders       built with in 10 feet of a large office building - girders placed at night 1,3
California Richmond-San Rafael Bridge   bent caps, girders          
Colorado French Creek Viaduct 1994           4
Colorado Hanging Lake Viaduct 1993 superstructure       built from above to protect environment 4
Colorado SH 66 Michell Gulch 2002 girders, bent caps 48 hours 2-3 months   curbs precast with outside girders 1,3,4
Connecticut Church Street, New Haven 2003 steel through truss   year longer saved 1.1 mil. 320-ft long 850 ton prefab truss 1,3
Connecticut I-84 / Rt.8 Interchange, Waterburg 1999 deck 48 days     slightly more expesive than cast-in-place 4
Connecticut Rt. 8 Viaduct, Seymour   deck 2 seasons     weekend closures only 4
Delaware Magazine Ditch Bridge   superstructure. 1 day     FRP composite materials 5
Delaware Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 1995 substructure         6
Florida Edison Bridge, Fort Meyer             6
Florida Garcon Point Bridge, Santa Rosa County 1999 total bridge 7 days     set a world record for precast segmental span-by-span construction  
Florida Reedy Creek Bridge, Orlando 1997 total prefab bridge 19 months     top down construction 1,3
Florida Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Keys 1982 girders, substructure     saved $7 mil.   4,5
Florida Skyway Bridge, Tampa   segmental piers         5
Hawaii H-3 Windward Viaduct, Oahu ****           4
Hawaii Keaiwa Stream Bridge, Pahala 2000 deck 6.5 months 13 months   only route - 3 hour detour 1,2
Illinois Well Street, Chicago 2002 steel through truss single weekend 6 months   contractor's V-E proposal to prebuild 1,3
Illinois Route 29 over Sugar Creek 2001 decks         1
Illinois Rt. 136 over Illinois River, Havana   exodermic deck         4
Illinois-Indiana Milton-Madison Bridge over Ohio River   exodermic deck         4
Iowa Iowa River ,US20 2003 girders       1st launched I-girder highway bridge in US 4
Kentucky US 27 over Pitman Creek 1993 deck       nighttime work 6pm - 6am 1
Louisiana I-10 over Lake Pontchartrain 2002 superstructure units     $20,000 / span remove / replace span 24 hours 1,4
Maine Sagadahoc Bridge, Bath-Woolwich 2000 girders       longest precast segmental span built in the balanced cantalever fashion  
Maryland MD 24 over Deer Creek 2001 deck       FRP deck panels facilitated erection 3
Minnesota Highway 47 over Seelye Brook 2001 beams       no detour route available 1,2
Mississippi Biloxi I-110 1988       saved $4.2 mil.    
Missouri Eads Bridge over Mississippi, St. Louis   exodermic deck         4
Missouri IH70 over Lake St. Louis Blvd 2003 precast deck & beams section     saved months reduced number of spans 1
Nebraska Fairview Bridge over I-80, Sarpy County   precast deck panels         5
New Hampshire Mill Street Bridge in Epping 2004 footings, abutments, wings & superstructure 8 days 5 months incentive /disincentive $30K/day less/more than 14 days grouted splice sleeves used for ftg to abutment/wing connection 9
New Jersey Airport Monorail, Newark   substructure         4
New Jersey Driscoll Bridge, Garden State Parkway   exodermic deck         4
New Mexico Mountain Valley Road over I-40, Tijeras ### bent caps 45 days       4
New York JFK Light Rail System, New York 2003 superstructure       most segments of any segmental bridge in America - each one unique  
New York Cross Westchester Expressway I-287,   precast piers         4,5
New York Bronx River Parkway Viaduct,   precast piers         4
New York Saw Mill River Parkway Viaduct   precast piers         4
New York Main Street over Metro North RR, Tuckahoe 2000 superstructure       construction done btwn 2-4 am, 2 lanes kept open, RR nondisrupted 1,2,4
New York Long Island Expressway over 58th St., Queens 2002 superstructure 2 weekends     two spans using "Inverset" units 4
New York Horse Shoe Bridge, Rt. 23A, Catskill 1988 superstructure       first span using "Inverset" units 4
New York NYS Thruway over Central Avenue (Rt. 100) 1999 superstructure 2 weekends     two spans continuous, "Inverset" units 4
New York Belt Parkway over Ocean Parkway 2002 total bridge       extentive use of precast elements, temporary bridge to maintain traffic 4
New York I-287 Viaduct, Westchester County 1999 total bridge 26 months 34 months     1,2,4
New York Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge Hudson River   exodermic deck         4
New York Verrazano Narrows Bridge   steel grid deck         4
New York Brooklyn Bridge   filled steel grid deck nighttime re-decking     stringers and deck units replaced at night 4
New York Tappan Zee Hudson River 1998 deck 10 hours     construction at night 1,4,5
New York NY367, Bentley Creek, Chemung County 1999 deck       FRP composite bridge deck 4
New York Route 9 / Metro North Pedestrain Bridge 1998 total bridge         1,2
New York Troy-Menands Bridge, Near Albany 1995 decks       If failed to open bridge by 6am there was a penalalty of $10,000 / hour 1
New York Robert Moses Causeway $$$ bent caps / decks         4,5
New York Channel Bridge, Upstate NY $$$ superstructure         4,5,7
New York Route 17 M   deck panels 14 months     3 span continuous 5,7
New York Carpenter Road   deck panels 6 months     single span 5,7
New York Cross Bay Blvd over North Channel   precast system       cyl piles, precast pier cap form, prestressed I beams, precast diaphragm forms, prestressed subdeck panels, precast barrier 5
North Carolina Beaufort Morehead RR Trestle 1999 bent caps       weekly track outages of 4 day duration 1
North Carolina Linn Cove Viaduct, Grandfather Mountain 1983 total prefab bridge       first to be built from the top down to protect the environment 1,4
Ohio Fairgrounds Road Between Xenia and Beaverbrook 2002 deck       FRP deck panels 1
Oklahoma I-40 Arkansas River Bridge 2002 sub and superstructure 64 days     After barge collision, and demolition reconstruction took 47 days, expedited design and construction 4
Oregon Mill Creek Bridge   exodermic deck 4 weeks     redecking with no weekend closures 4
Pennsylvania South 10th St. Bridge, Pittsburgh 1920s filled steel grid deck         4
Pennsylvania Jerome St. Bridge, Mckeesport 1920s filled steel grid deck         4
Pennsylvania Norfolk Southern RR Bridge over I-76 2002 superstructure one weekend       1
Pennsylvania I-95 / Chester Creek 1998 girders approx. 3 weeks     crash on Memorial Day weekend, open by July 4th 1
Pennsylvania I-95 / Westmoreland Viaduct, Philadelphia 1996 I-beams 126 days after fire 250 days user savings $1 million/day declared a disaster emergency (150,000 vehicles/day) 1
Puerto Rico Baldority de Castro Avenue, San Juan 2003 total bridge 21-36 hours /overpass     construction lasted 1 weekend 1,4
Tennessee Route 57 over Wolf River 1999 bent caps 11 months     one lane always open - bent caps fabed in segments to accommodate, equipment never placed in wetlands 1,2,4
Tennessee Natchez Trace Parkway Arches 1994         America's first precast segmental technology for arches  
Texas IH-35, Austin 1974 girders       early precast girders 4
Texas IH-35, Bell, McLennan, Bosque Counties 2004 total bridge       initially 5, then about 200 bridges 4,5,7,8
Texas Dallas/Fortworth International Airport 2004 columns       11 minutes transport time 1
Texas High Five Interchange US 75-IH635, Dallas County 2007 total bridge       Contractor redesigned to precast fron Cpi segmental 4,8
Texas SH 36 over Lake Belton, Waco 2004 bent caps, decks         1,3,4,5,7,8
Texas Wesley Street Bridge 2002 deck 4 months        
Texas SH 66 / Lake Ray Hubbard Bridge, Dallas 2002 bent caps / decks       80% of work done off-site 1,2,4
Texas NASA Road over I-45, Houston 2002 columns 10 days       1
Texas I-45 Pierce Elevated, Houston 1997 bent caps 190 days 550 days $100,000 user savings/day 226 spans replaced 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Texas US 290 Ramp E-3, Austin 1996 bent caps 4 hours 7 days     1,4,8
Texas US 59 under Dunlavy, Hazard, Mandel & Woodhead Streets, Houston 1995 deck       no disruption to below traffic, widened from 6 to 10 lanes, tied arch bridge 1,4,7,8
Texas SH 249/ Louetta Road Overpass, Houston 1994 total substructure system         1,4,5,7,8
Texas SH 361 over Redfish Bay and Morris Cumings Cut 1994 bent caps       reduced duration by 40% 1,4,5,6,7,8
Texas San Antonio "Y" Bridges 1989 superstructure         1
Texas Spur Overpass over AT&SF Railroad, Lubbock 1988 decks couple of days Texas     5,7,8
Texas   1963 deck          
Texas Lavaca Bay Causeway 1961 deck         1,4
Texas US 290 Ramps G, and K, Austin ### bent caps 8 hours 42 days     4,5,7,8
Texas Wesley Street Bridge, Jacksonville 2002 decks 4 months     precast slab beams 1,2
Texas FM 528 / NASA Rd. 1 (EB) Underpass   precast system       precast box girders, precast bent cap, precast piles 5
Texas US183 Austin 1999 precast substructure         6,8
Texas East Fork Trinity River Bridge             6,7
Vermont Richville Road, Manchester 2001 superstructure 14 days   saved $20,000 Inverset System total prefabrication 1,3
Virginia I-95 James River Bridge, Richmond 2002 superstructure       construction at night 7pm to 6am Thursday - Sunday, lanes kept open 1,2,4,5
Virginia Smart Bridge           segmental construction 4
Virginia Route 7 over Route 50, Falls Church 1999 deck       only nighttime construction 1,2,5
Virginia Dead Run and Turkey Run, GWMP 1998 deck 10 weekends     open to commuter traffic 1,3,4
Virginia George P. Coleman, Yorktown 1995 superstructure 9 days     largest double-swing bridge - 6 truss span bridge 1,2,4,5
Virginia Culpeper District Secondary Replacement Program   deck panels         5
Virginia Route 612 over Bull Run, Prince William County   precast components     $25,000 replace and widen superstructure 5
Virginia Robert Norris Bridge, Lancaster and Middlesex Counties   replace deck       night work 5
Washington Parker Road over Yakima River   girders       200 feet postensioned super-girders 4
Washington Temporary bridge, Pend Oreille County   superstructure       temporary rail car bridge 4
Washington St. John   superstructure         4
Washington I-5/South 38th Street, Tacoma 2001 deck       766 panels were placed within a week of limited nightime I-5 lane closures 1,2,4
Washington Mill Creek, Pend Oreille County 1998 Arch ribs, footings 5 days     washout, temporary bridge built and open 4 days later 4
Washington Parvin Creek, Whitman County   deck 18 days     replacement 4
Washington City of Almira   deck 60 days     Timber Slab Bridge, replacement 4
Washington Columbus Avenue Bridge, Goldendale   T-beams       scour problems, widened for sidewalk - safer, replacement 4
Washington 3 NE bridge, Grant County   deck         4
Washington Port of Longview   girders, bankment walls 200 days       4
Washington Port of Kalama   girders         4
Washington Monroe Street Bridge, Spokane   rail, deck         4
Washington New Lake Washinton Boulevard,   rail 4 days     rehabilitation 4
Washington La Center Bridge, La Center   girders         4
Washington Don E. Wickstrom, Kent   girders         4
Washington Lewis and Clark, SR 433 over Columbia River 2004 decks       precast deck replacement limited closures 1,3
Washington NE 8th over IH 405 in Bellevue 2004 total prefab bridge         1
Washington Eddy Evers Bridge, Mason County   timber panel deck       Fiber Reinforced Polymer FRP deck repair 4
Washington Chief Joseph Dam Bridge, Douglas County   FRP deck replacement       Historic timber truss bridge widened and lightened with FRP deck system 4
Washington SR410 over Greenwater River, North of Mt. Rainer   prefab scour protection       prefabricatedarticulated concrete mattress provided for scour mitigation 4
West Virginia Howell's Mill, County Rd 1 over Mud River 2003 decks 3 days     FRP deck panels 1
West Virginia Market Street, Wheeling 2001 decks       FRP sidewalks 1
Wisconsin US 14/61/WIS 16 over Mississippi 2003 steel arch       totally prefabricated superstructure 1

References

  1. Website - Bridge Technology / Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems Project, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge
  2. Prefabricated Bridges, 2002, AASHTO Implementation Group (TIG), Panel on Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems
  3. Prefabricated Bridges, 2004, June 2004, AASHTO Implementation Group (TIG), Panel on Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems
  4. National Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems Conference, Feb. 18-20, 2003 , AASHTO, FHWA, Midwest Trans. Consortium and U of MO-Columbia.
  5. TXDOT/FHWA Workshop on Prefabricated Bridge Systems to Eliminate Traffic Disruptions, Austin,
  6. TX, Sept. 11, 2001 (C/D presentations)
  7. Development of a Precast Bent Cap System, Research Report 1748-2, January 2001, University of Texas at Austin, by E. Matsumo, M. Waggoner, G. Sumen, M. Kreger, S.Wood, and J. Breen
  8. Precast Concrete Bent Cap Demonstration Workshop, Lake Ray Hubbard Bridge , Dallas, Texas, March 28, 2002 (C/D of paper and presentations)
  9. Lake Belton Workshop (C/D of Research Report 1748-2 and presentations)
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