01111762

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2050-17

http://scholar.google.com...gess&publication_year=2008

Maine’s first cable-stayed bridge opened to traffic on December 30, 2006. Designed as an emergency replacement for the Waldo–Hancock Bridge, the new bridge uses an innovative cradle system to carry the stays from the bridge deck through the pylon and back to the bridge deck. Each strand is anchored independently; thus, strands may be removed, inspected, and replaced while the bridge carries traffic. This advantage, coupled with Maine Department of Transportation concerns for the premature loss of the Waldo–Hancock Bridge due to corrosion, created interest in an opportunity to install and monitor representative carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strands in the cable stays of this bridge. CFRP strands were installed for the purposes of assessing their performance in a service condition and evaluating them for use on future bridges. Three representative stays in the bridge were designed to include two reference strands each, which may be removed and not replaced without change to the bridge’s structural integrity. Six epoxy-coated steel strands were removed and successfully replaced with CFRP strands in June 2007. Data are being collected from the monitoring equipment installed on all of the strands (both traditional steel and CFRP strands) in the bridge to evaluate CFRP strand performance for future bridge cable stay and post-tensioning installations. The bridge location ensures that the test strands will be evaluated under a wide range of temperatures and variety of wind loads.

01111763

English

pp 169-176

2008

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309113151

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Figures (1) ; Photos (12) ; References (14) ; Tables (2)

Bridge cables; Cable stayed bridges; Carbon fibers; Fiber reinforced plastics; Monitoring

Penobscot Narrows Bridge (Maine)

Cable anchorages; Cable strands

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

PRP, TRIS, TRB

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