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PBES Innovative Projects
Cross Westchester Expressway Viaducts |
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| Location | I-287 in Westchester County 10 miles north of New York City |
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| State | NY |
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| Completion Date | 1999 |
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| Contact Person | George A. Christian P.E.
Acting Director
Structures Design and Construction Division
New York State Department of Transportation
State Campus Building 5, 6th Floor
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany NY 12232
Phone: (518) 457-6827
Fax: (518) 485-7826
Email: Gchristian@gw.dot.state.ny.us |
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| Description | Required to maintain six lanes of congested traffic and limit construction on a restricted site during replacement of two major I-287 viaducts in Westchester County, the New York State Department of Transportation accepted the contractor's value-engineering proposal to incorporate precast segmental voided pier sections for each of the 42 piers, which consisted of 8-foot match-cast segments vertically post-tensioned together and to the footings. Piers ranged from 20 to 55 feet in height, and a typical pier could be erected in one day. The proposal also changed the cast-in-place deck to 10-foot-long by 9-inch-thick precast panels, 42 to 50 feet wide to match longitudinal construction stages, supported on pairs of multi-span continuous steel tub girders. Up to 15 panels could be erected in a single shift, with 'in-line' erection methods used where side access was not available. Prior to grouting the panels to the girders, the entire deck was post-tensioned longitudinally in a variable pattern that was designed to provide a zero-tension deck under design live loads. The precast deck and pier construction reduced the contract's original 34-month schedule to 26 months. |
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| Prefabricated Elements | Total prefab bridges |
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| Other Keywords | Precast segmental match-cast pier units; precast longitudinally post-tensioned deck panels; steel tub girders,full-depth deck panels,precast box piers,totally prefabricated bridges |
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| Advantages | Minimized traffic disruption by reducing construction time from 34 to 26 months. Improved constructibility by reducing needed access to a site-restricted expressway. |
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| Contract Elements | "A+B" bidding and incentive/disincentive provisions. |
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| Photo Credits | New York State Department of Transportation |
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Reggie Holt
Office of Bridge Technology
202-366-4596
E-mail Reggie
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