PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-03-0005
Project Name:	Curved Steel Bridge Research Project
Status:	Active
Contact:	Last Name: Beshah First Name: Fassil B Telephone: 202-493-3041 E-mail: fassil.beshah@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team:	Bridge and Foundation Engineering Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	Experimental testing of full-scaled horizontally curved steel highway bridges.
Laboratories:	Structures Laboratory
Start Date:	January 1, 2003
End Date:	May 31, 2013
Funding Amount:	$2,000,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	Steel Bridge Testing
Goals:	Develop the information necessary to update the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' specifications for horizontally curved girder design.
Project Type:	Onsite and Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Experimental and analytical study.
Other Information:	Starting in the mid-1990s, the Curved Steel Bridge Research Project was conducted over approximately 10 years at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Structures Laboratory with significant contract support from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The results of the study have already been incorporated into the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Load and Resistance Factor Design Bridge Design Specifications. Finalizing the very large suite of research reports and documentation that was initially delayed due to staffing changes and other issues is now occurring. These reports will be made available via the National Technical Information Service at the beginning of 2011.
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Data not yet available
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Roads and Bridges--Asset Management Roads and Bridges--Construction and Project Management Roads and Bridges--Context Sensitive Solutions Roads and Bridges--Design Roads and Bridges--Intersections Roads and Bridges--Structures
TRT Terms:	Steel Bridges Bridge Design Infrastructure Bridges Research Roads Structures Design
FHWA Disciplines:	Structures Design Construction and Project Management
Subject Areas:	Bridges and other structures