Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Rolled Steel Beam Bridge Inspection

Today I inspected a two simple span rolled steel beam bridge in Providence. The bridge had section loss to the beam ends and several areas of spalling concrete. 
The spalls to the deck were so severe that we had to hold traffic while we removed incipient spalls that could fall onto the traffic below.

The deteriorated expansion joint over the pier continues to cause trouble for the steel beams and pier cap below.