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Title: Bridge Collapse Detection System in Texas
Accession Number: 01002455
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The Texas Department of Transportation (DOT) installed a collapse detection system on the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge that will detect a span collapse and warn motorists to stop. The system consists of a fiber-optic cable that carries a current under the bridge deck for the 2 1/2 mi length of the bridge. A span collapse will break the current, initiating flashing red lights to tell motorists on the bridge to stop, closing gates at each end of the bridge to keep additional cars off, and sending alarms to the Texas DOT and local law enforcement to notify them of the event.
Monograph Title: 6th International Bridge Engineering Conference, July 17-20, 2005 Monograph Accession #: 01002432
Language: English
Authors: Mercier, James JustinAlvarez, EligioMarfil, JuanBloschock, Mark JMedlock, Ronald DPagination: pp 403-408
Publication Date: 2005
Conference:
6th International Bridge Engineering Conference: Reliability, Security, and Sustainability in Bridge Engineering
Location:
Boston MA, United States ISBN: 0309093813
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Photos
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 26 2005 2:25PM
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