With completion of the Kanawha River Bridge in August 2024, the team constructed dual three-span plate girder bridges, each with a 562-ft main span, creating the longest steel plate girder span bridge ...

One promising technique for the seismic design of highway bridges with steel superstructures is to dissipate energy through the inelastic deformation of the end cross frames. These so-called ductile ...

Keywords: Seismic performance. Steel plate girder bridges. Superstructures. Cyclic tests. Shaking table tests. Transverse seismic loads. Flexural-torsional response ...

Completed in just 20 months, the $31.5-million Kennedy Mill Bridge (Kentucky 152) safely connects Kentucky’s Mercer and Garrard counties across Herrington Lake, replacing a 94-year-old, triple-span ...

The first of seven replacement girders was installed Monday, Jan. 13. Construction crews working on repairing the I-471 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge installed the first steel replacement girders Monday.

The first steel girders, which are beams that support the deck for the new Grand Avenue traffic bridge, are scheduled to arrive in February and will span from the abutment in the Hot Springs Pool ...

Donated by: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)& Lunda Construction Original Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Year Built: 1968 Year of Fracture: 1975, girder fracture Replaced: 2014, due to ...

Keywords: Seismic performance. Steel plate girder bridges. Superstructures. Seismic isolation systems. End cross frames. Buckling restrained braces (BRB). Base shear. Displacement. Abstract: The end ...