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Title:

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT BRIDGE DESIGN ISSUES

Accession Number:

00625604

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309054001

Abstract:

With the advent of numerous light rail projects being developed in North America, the need to construct bridges to carry these systems over waterways or existing facilities has made designers aware of issues concerning these particular structures that require focus on items not typically associated with railroad or highway bridges. The design of these bridges has required bridge engineers to review the applicability of existing railroad and highway bridge codes to the design of bridges that carry only the transit vehicles or specialized maintenance vehicles and that are not also to carry freight railroad traffic (that is, dedicated light rail bridges). These bridges also require consideration of items that are not typically associated with freight railroad or highway bridges such as power support systems, aesthetic themes, stray current mitigation, and other issues. Two systems currently under construction in St. Louis, Missouri, and Dallas, Texas, have been reviewed to ascertain what light rail transit bridge issues are typically encountered in design and how they may be resolved.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1361, Light Rail Transit: Planning, Design, and Operating Experience (Papers presented at the Sixth National Conference on Light Rail Transit, held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 24-27, 1992). Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01405036

Language:

English

Authors:

Niemietz, Robert D
Niemeyer, Anthony W

Pagination:

p. 244-253

Publication Date:

1992

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1361
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309054001

Features:

Figures (20) ; References (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Mitigation

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Public Transportation

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 22 1993 12:00AM