Quick Fix Temporary Structure Bypasses Damaged Bridge in Two Days.

07/02/2001
Engineering News-Record
9
(Copyright 2001 McGraw-Hill, Inc.)

Workers erected a temporary bridge to carry two lanes of traffic on heavily traveled Interstate 80 in New Jersey within two days of a spectacular June 22 truck crash. The resulting inferno severely damaged concrete girders of a four-lane bridge segment. The 30-ft-wide, 90-ft-long temporary steel bridge was supplied by Acrow Bridge, Carlstadt, N.J., and installed by IEW Construction Group, Trenton. Crews bolted steel I-beams to the damaged structure's concrete slabs. Repairs also call for Union, N.J.-based Della Pello Contracting to pour 7,500 tons of asphalt with fills up to 6 ft deep. So far, the repair bill has reached $2 million, says the New Jersey Dept. of Transportation.