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Method for the Rapid Replacement of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge over I-278 Highway

Received: 08 December 2019    Accepted: 13 January 2020    Published: 04 February 2020
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Rise in traffic volumes of urban highways over the last decades has led to an increasing need for widening both highways and access roads. The present case study deals with the replacement of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge to allow for larger width of roadways that lead to and away from the New Goethals Bridge, which connects Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Staten Island, New York, in the United States. The main objective of the project was to apply a rapid method for the replacement of the existing bridge, which was performed during the Columbus Day weekend (7-9 October 2017). Considerations of all existing constraints, which include high traffic volumes and limited space for material laydown and equipment positioning, are presented first. To respond to these challenges careful planning of the construction steps of the substructure (cap beams supported on circular piers) and the superstructure of the bridge (two-span steel deck) had to be carried out both temporally and spatially before the replacement weekend, which is described in the second part of the paper. The final part presents the different phases of the demolition / replacement process to minimize traffic disruption.

DOI 10.11648/j.jccee.20200501.11
Published in Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2020)
Page(s) 1-10
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Keywords

Rapid Bridge Replacement, Steel Deck Erection, Bridge Demolition, Traffic Diversion Plan

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  • Greenman-Pedersen, Inc., Mount Laurel, The United States

  • Kiewit-Weeks-Massman, AJV, New York City, The United States

  • KS Engineers P. C., Newark, The United States

  • Ioannis Sokratis Drakatos Engineering Services, Athens, Greece

  • Charalampos Karvelas Engineering Services, Athens, Greece

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    Mina Aziz Mikaeel, Dan Keppeler, Rasool Attar, Ioannis Sokratis Drakatos, Charalampos Karvelas. (2020). Method for the Rapid Replacement of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge over I-278 Highway. Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, 5(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20200501.11

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    Mina Aziz Mikaeel; Dan Keppeler; Rasool Attar; Ioannis Sokratis Drakatos; Charalampos Karvelas. Method for the Rapid Replacement of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge over I-278 Highway. J. Civ. Constr. Environ. Eng. 2020, 5(1), 1-10. doi: 10.11648/j.jccee.20200501.11

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    Mina Aziz Mikaeel, Dan Keppeler, Rasool Attar, Ioannis Sokratis Drakatos, Charalampos Karvelas. Method for the Rapid Replacement of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge over I-278 Highway. J Civ Constr Environ Eng. 2020;5(1):1-10. doi: 10.11648/j.jccee.20200501.11

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