Thursday, September 1, 2011

Pedestrian Overpass

This past week I completed the inspection for the India Point pedestrian overpass in Providence RI. The bridge allows foot traffic to cross over I-195, Ramp EI and India Street. The bridge give access from the Eastern half of Providence to cross I-195 to a small park on the water.

The bridge was built in 2008 and has a total structure length of 250.9 feet with a maximum span of 91.2 feet (over I-195). The maximum span consists of concrete butted box beams.

The top of the bridge consists of stone pavers, vegetated garden lighting and seating. During the inspection we noticed that the bridge had an unusual amount of water draining at one corner of the bridge. My only assumption would be from the irrigation for the gardens. Hopefully this does not continue to leak and cause damage to the structure.