NTL Record

Title Puerto Rico Demonstration Project: Replacement of Bridge No. 1828 on PR-140 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
Record ID 78947
Personal Name
Creator
Lee, Hyung Suk
Personal Name
Contributor
Zirlin, Julie; Flom, Ewa
Corporate Creator Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20150801
Language English
Abstract As a part of the HfL initiative, the FHWA provided a $95,000 grant to the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) to replace Bridge No. 1828 on Puerto Rico Highway 140 (PR-140) in Barceloneta Municipality. The innovation employed on this project is the use of a geosynthetic reinforced soil-integrated bridge system (GRS-IBS) for the construction of the bridge abutment. The project is currently under construction. PRHTA previously used GRS-IBS on twin bridges (Bridge No. 1121 and 1122) on PR-2, but the current project is the Authority’s first GRS-IBS project for a bridge that is actually constructed over water. According to the latest construction schedule, this project is anticipated to be complete by August 20, 2015. Currently, the GRS-IBS foundation and the prestressed void slab have been installed, and an asphalt overlay remains to be worked on.
Rosap ID dot:54351
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54351
TRT Terms Highway bridges; Demonstration projects; Bridge construction; Integrated systems; Geosynthetics; Soil stabilization
Geographical
Coverage
United States; Puerto Rico
TRIS Online
Accession No
1766884
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/78000/78900/78947/pr_bridge_replacement_pr140.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository