Monday, February 27, 2012

Mississippi Truss Rating

Starting to help our Mississippi office with some truss ratings.

Several of the trusses do not have plans and measurements of all the members and deficiencies had to be taken.

On Friday I started a Truss in Hinds-Warren County which spans over Big Black River and carries Old Highway 80. The bridge consists of ten approach spans to the west and one east. The main truss spans 170 feet and has 8 panels.Currently I'm just checking the net area for the measured members for section properties and dead load calculations.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Eric,
You are posting good photos of interesting bridges. It must be hard work sometimes but that's real civil engineering, with a bit of detective work needed on the old ones? Your blog is a good way to document each bridge. Thanks for sharing your experience!
David (TBG buddy)