Bridges and Structures
Active and Completed Projects | Research ReportsActive and Completed Projects
- Response Modification for Enhanced Operation and Safety of Bridges
(2009) - Development of an Advanced Structural Monitoring System for Fracture Critical Steel Bridges
(2009) - Wakota Bridge Monitoring Program
(2009) - Detection of Water and Ice on Bridge Structures by AC Impedance and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy - Phase III - FY10 NATSRL
(2009) - Monitoring Instrumentation of I35W Bridge
(2009) - Bridge scour monitoring technologies: Development of evaluation and selection protocols for application on river bridges in Minnesota
(2008) - Detection of Water and Ice on Bridge Structures by AC Impedance and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy (Year 2) - FY09 NATSRL
(2008) - Bridge Health Monitoring- A Survey of Methods
(2008) - Implementing a Database Classification of Mn/DOT Steel Bridges with Fracture/Fatigue Critical Details
(2008) - Evaluation of the SafeLaneTM Overlay System for Crash Reduction on Bridge Deck Surfaces: Years 2 and 3.
(2008) - Investigation of the Collapsed I-35W Bridge
(2008) - SGER: Responding to the Unexpected: Understanding Travelers' Behavioral Choices in the Wake of the MS River Bridge Collapse
(2007) - Detection of Water and Ice on Bridge Structures by AC Impedance and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy - FY08 NATSRL
(2007) - Discrepancies in Shear Strength of Prestressed Beams with Different Specifications
(2006) - Crack and Concrete Deck Sealant Performance
(2006) - Development of Flexural Vibration Inspection Equipment and Techniques to Rapidly Assess the Structural Health of Rural Bridge Systems; Phase II
(2006) - NCHRP Project 10-71 Cast-in-Place Concrete Connections for Precast Deck Systems
(2006) - Impending Box Impact Warning System for Prevention of Snowplow-Bridge Impacts - FY07 NATSRL
(2006) - Instrumentation of a Full Depth Precast Concrete Bridge Deck System
(2005) - Monitoring and Analysis of a Full Depth Precast Concrete Bridge Deck
(2005) - Evaluation and Analysis of Mn/DOT Steel Bridge Inventory for Prioritizing Bridge Maintenance Needs
(2005) - Determining Shear Capacity of Prestressed Concrete Beams
(2004) - Application of Precast Decks and other Elements to Bridge Structures
(2004) - Determining Economic Strategies for Repair and Replacement of Low Slump Overlays of Bridge Decks
(2004) - Investigation of Deterioration of Stainless Steel Dowel Tubes Under Repeated Loading
(2004) - Rapid Assessment and Decision Making Strategies for Distortional Fatigue Multi-Girder Steel Bridges - Phase 4
(2004) - Modeling Issues Associated with Sensor Technologies for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Timber Bridges - FY05 NATSRL
(2004) - Development of Flexural Vibration Inspection Techniques to Rapidly Assess the Structural Health of Rural Bridge Systems - FY05 NATSRL
(2004) - Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) for Prestressed Bridge Girders
(2003) - Stability Tests of Prestressed Concrete Through-Girder Pedestrian Bridge under Lateral Impact - Phase 2
(2003) - Fatigue-resistant Design Details for Overhead Signs, Mast-arm Signal Poles and Lighting Standards
(2003) - Load Rating by Load Testing on Bridges
(2003) - Stability Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Through Girder Pedestrian Bridge Under Lateral Impact - Phase I
(2002) - Rapid Assessment and Decision Making Strategies for Distortional Fatigue Multi-Girder Steel Bridges
(2001) - Fatigue Evaluation of Bridge 69832
(2001) - Behavior of Concrete Integral Abutments
(2001) - Analysis Tools and Rapid Screening Data for Distortional Fatigue in Steel Bridge Girders
(2000) - Use of FRP Sheets to Retrofit (Strengthen) Pier Caps
(2000) - Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Vertical Pre-Release Cracks in Prestressed Bridge Girders
(1999) - Effects of Increasing Truck Weight on Steel and Prestressed Bridges
(1999) - Use of Adhesives to Repair out of Plane Bending at Stiffener to Web Connections
(1999) - Fatigue Assessment of Deck Truss of Bridge 9340 TH I35W over the Mississippi River
(1999) - Repair of Fatigued Steel Bridge Girders with Carbon Fiber Strips
(1999) - Stresses in the Negative Moment Region of Composite Steel Bridges
(1998) - Remote Monitoring of Distortional Fatigue in Multi-Girder Steel Bridges
(1998) - Effect of Pre-release Cracks on Prestressed Bridge Girder Performance including Remaining Fatigue Life
(1998) - Fatigue Evaluation of Bridge 4654
(1998) - Transverse Stiffener Beams in Longitudinally Nail Laminated Timber Decks
(1997) - Equilibrium Moisture Content of Wood in Minnesota Timber Bridges
(1997) - Evaluation of Electrochemical Chloride Extraction
(1997) - Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Fatigue Cracks in Steel Bridge Girders
(1997) - Live Load Stresses in Steel Curved Girder Bridges
(1997) - Development Length of GFRP Reinforcement in Concrete Bridge Decks
(1997) - Stability of Pile Groups
(1996) - Monitoring and Assessment Program for Wabasha County Bridge
(1996) - Assessing Failure with Acoustic Emissions
(1996) - Evaluation of Timber Bridge Wear Surfaces
(1996) - Acoustic Emission Equipment for Infrastructure Monitoring
(1996) - Field Performance of an Integral Abutment Bridge
(1995) - Repair of Metal Culverts - Phase 2
(1995) - Evaluation of Retrofit Procedures for Nail-Laminated and Stringer Bridges
(1995) - Release Methodology of Prestressed Strands
(1994) - Cracking in Concrete Bridge Decks
(1994) - Repair of Metal Culverts, Phase 1
(1994) - Stresses in Steel Curved Girder Bridges
(1994) - Use of Non-Metallic Reinforcement in Concrete Structures
(1994) - High Strength Concrete: Applications to Bridges
(1992)
Research Reports
- Bridge Health Monitoring and Inspections - A Survey of
Methods
Sep 2009, Mn/DOT 2009-29 - Detection of Water and Ice on Bridge Structures by AC Impedance and Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy Phase I
Apr 2009, CTS 09-12 - Incorporation of Fatigue Detail Classification of Steel Bridges into the Mn/DOT Database
Apr 2009, 200722TS - Putting Research into Practice: Implementing a Fatigue Detail Classification Scheme for Mn/DOT's Steel Bridges
Apr 2009, 2007084TS - Crack and Concrete Deck Sealant Performance
Mar 2009, Mn/DOT 2009-13 - Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) for Prestressed Bridge Girders
Oct 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-51 - Monitoring and Analysis of Mn/DOT Precast Composite Slab Span System (PCSSS)
Sep 2008, Mn/DOT 2008-41 - Development of Flexural Vibration Inspection Techniques to Rapidly Assess the Structural Health of Rural Bridge Systems
Sep 2008, CTS 08-22 - TH 241 Column-Supported Embankment
Jun 2008, CTS 08-11 - Shear Capacity of Prestressed Concrete Beams
Nov 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-47 - Modeling Issues Associated with Sensor Technologies for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Timber Bridges
Aug 2007, CTS 07-04 - Incorporation of Fatigue Detail Classification of Steel Bridges into the Minnesota Department of Transportation Database
Jun 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-22 - Determining Economic Strategies for Repair and Replacement of Low Slump Overlays of Bridge Decks
May 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-14 - Strength and Stability of Prestressed Concrete Through-Girder Pedestrian Bridges Subjected to Vehicular Impact
Jan 2007, Mn/DOT 2007-08 - Load Rating of Composite Steel Curved I-Girder Bridges Through Load Testing with Heavy Trucks
Oct 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-40 - Application of Precast Decks and Other Elements to Bridge Structures
Sep 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-37 - Fatigue-Resistant Design for Overhead Signs, Mast-Arm Signal Poles, and Lighting Standards
Mar 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-07 - Use of Adhesives to Retrofit Out-of-Plane Distortion Induced
Fatigue Cracks
Feb 2006, Mn/DOT 2006-04 - Investigation of Deterioration of Stainless Steel Dowel Tubes Under Repeated Loading
Dec 2005, Mn/DOT 2006-01 - Analysis of Girder Differential Deflection and Web Gap Stress for Rapid Assessment of Distortional Fatigue Stress in Multi-Girder Steel Bridges
Oct 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-38 - Retrofitting Shear Cracks in Reinforced Concrete Pier Caps Using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers
Apr 2005, Mn/DOT 2005-13 - Behavior of Concrete Integral Abutment Bridges
Nov 2004, Mn/DOT 2004-43 - Fatigue Evaluation of Steel Box-Girder Pier Caps: Bridge 69832
Mar 2004, Mn/DOT 2003-18 - Repair of Fatigued Steel Bridge Girders with Carbon Fiber Strips
Dec 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-02 - Rapid Assessment of Distortional Stresses in Multi-Girder Steel Bridges
Jun 2003, Mn/DOT 2004-48 - Effects of Increasing Truck Weight on Steel & Prestressed Bridges
Mar 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-16 - The Effect of Transverse Stiffener Beams on Shear Transfer
Jan 2003, Mn/DOT 2003-12 - Effect of Vertical Pre-Release Cracks on Prestressed Bridge Girders
Oct 2002, Mn/DOT 2003-33 - Inspection of Timber Bridges
Sep 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-34 - Evaluation of Retrofit Procedures for Nail-Laminated and Stringer Bridges
Mar 2002, Mn/DOT 2002-28 - Analysis Tools and Rapid Screening Data for Distortional Fatigue in Steel Bridge Girders
Nov 2001, Mn/DOT 2002-06 - Live Load Stresses in Steel Curved Girder Bridges
Sep 2001, Mn/DOT 2002-08 - Fatigue Evaluation of the Deck Truss of Bridge 9340
Mar 2001, Mn/DOT 2001-10 - High-Strength Concrete Prestressed Bridge Girders: Long Term and Flexural Behavior
Nov 2000, Mn/DOT 2000-32 - Development Length of GFRP Reinforcement in Concrete Bridge Decks
Jul 2000, Mn/DOT 2000-26 - Fatigue of Stud Shear Connectors in the Negative Moment Region of Steel Girder Bridges
Jun 2000, CTS 00-03 - Evaluation of Electrochemical Chloride Extraction (ECE) and Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Wrap Technology
Jun 2000, Mn/DOT 2000-24 - Distortion-Induced Fatigue in Multi-Girder Steel Bridges
May 2000, Mn/DOT 2000-16 - Effects of Pre-Release Cracks in High-Strength Prestressed Girders
Jan 2000, Mn/DOT 2000-25 - Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Fatigue Cracks in Steel Bridge Girders
Sep 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-36 - Transverse Cracking in Concrete Bridge Decks
Jan 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-05 - Acoustic Emission Equipment for Infrastructure Monitoring
Jan 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-18 - Stability of Pile Groups
Jan 1999, Mn/DOT 1999-31 - Moisture Content Variations of Nail-Laminated Timber Bridges in a Northern Climate
Nov 1998, Mn/DOT 1999-03 - Monitoring and Assessment Program for Wabasha County Bridge
Sep 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-22 - Mechanical Properties of High-Strength Concrete
Sep 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-11 - Shear Capacity of High-Strength Concrete Prestressed Girders
Sep 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-12 - A Camber Study of Mn/DOT Prestressed Concrete I-Girders
Aug 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-08 - Instrumentation and fabrication of two high strength concrete prestressed bridge girders
Aug 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-09 - Freeze-thaw durability of high strength concrete
Aug 1998, Mn/DOT 1998-10 - Release Methodology of Prestressing Strands
May 1998, Mn/DOT 2000-09 - Design Issues Related to Road Tunnels
Dec 1997, CTS 97-05 - Cold temperature effects on stress laminated bridge decks
Dec 1997, Mn/DOT 1998-03 - Relationship Between Timber Bridge Characteristics and Asphalt Pavement Wear Surface Performance: Summary
Jun 1997, Mn/DOT 1998-07S - Stresses in steel curved girder bridges
Aug 1996, Mn/DOT 1996-28 - Retrofit of wood bridges : final report
Feb 1993, Mn/DOT 1994-16 - Field instrumentation of steel highway bridges
Feb 1993, Mn/DOT 1994-15 - Reusability and Impact Damage Repair of Twenty-Year-Old AASHTO Type III Girders
Jan 1992, Mn/DOT