Wednesday, September 8, 2010

I-Way Fracture Critical Inspection

This I-Way bridge was unlike most fracture critical bridges that I have inspected in the past. Most consist of either some type of truss or a through girder system but this bridge's superstructure has two steel box girders and a concrete deck. At one end of the bridge there is a curved section which required a deep concrete counter weight. Unfortunately for me I was given the task of crawling into the narrow corrugated pipe to check the bearing connection at the end.