Modular bridge deck system including hollow extruded aluminum elements securely mounted to support girders
US5867854A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE01D2101/34
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A bridge structure includes a light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. The deck panels are preferably shop-fabricated by longitudinal welding of adjacently placed multi-void elongate structural elements. Longitudinally adjacent elongate elements are spliced by providing internally disposed shear elements prior to longitudinal welding of adjacent spliced elongate elements, with the end joints between spliced elongate elements being arrayed in a staggered manner. A safety rail system is mounted to run alongside and above outer edges of the finished bridge deck mounted to a system of support girders. In one aspect of the invention, the bridge deck is very securely mounted to a support girder by flowing an initially fluid uncured medium into the voids of a structural element and, via holes formed into a bottom of that structural element, contiguously into a space defined by a bottom surface of the deck and a top surface of the girder. In this aspect, studs are welded to the top surface of the girder and extend through the holes into the voids, so that when the medium is cured-in-place it serves to bond…
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