Prestressed Concrete Bridge Beams

A 150 mm thick topping slab was cast over the top flange of the beams after full stressing.

Prestressed concrete bridge beams.

Bridge beams products by banagher precast concrete uk ire. The prestressed concrete bridge girder shown in fig. The bridge with its original beams still carries 94th street and is listed in the national register of historic places. Including i beams bulb tees adjacent spread box beams as well as bridge items not traditionally specified as prestressed precast concrete.

Tendons may consist of single wires multi wire strands or threaded bars that are most commonly made. At the roseville casting yard the soukups produced prestressed concrete beams for buildings and bridges including minnesota s first major prestressed concrete bridge to carry 94th street over the new interstate 35w highway. Pre stressed concrete bridge beams have become firmly established as the preferred option for a wide range of bridge spans and types. Email protected 353 0 57 9151417.

Whatever your bridge needs our staff of professionals will lead you to the most economical prestressed concrete bridge solution. Prestress services industries llc is the premier fabricator of bridge products with six facilities located throughout the midwest. Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction. We manufacture a complete range of precast concrete bridge beam scattering for spans from 5m to 45m.

Pre stressed concrete bridge beams structural concrete is well known for its strength durability and versatility. Precast prestressed concrete double box beam bridges for engineering standards drawing index with driven steel h pile foundations 33 double box beams on precast concrete caps sheet showing section or detail cut sheet showing section or detail section or detail designation cut and shown on the same sheet. It is substantially prestressed during production in a manner that strengthens it against tensile forces which will exist when in service 5 this compression is produced by the tensioning of high strength tendons located within or adjacent to the concrete and is done to improve the performance of the concrete in service. 52 sf must take into account that almost all steel spans are long and continuous raising the construction cost significantly.

Indicates section or detail is. Eastern vault is pci certified nationally and in the states of north carolina south carolina tennessee virginia and west virginia. These properties are enhanced for structural elements manufactured as prestressed concrete. Banagher precast concrete has been designing and manufacturing prestressed concrete bridge beams for over 40 years.

6 9 spans 21 6 m and supports a superimposed dead load g of 6 kn m and a live load q of 20 kn m excluding self weight.