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Structures2008:CrossingBorders2008ASCE
NewInnovativeFeaturesofMaine’sFirstCableStay
Bridge
Author:
ChristopherJ.Burgess,.,.,FIGG,Denver,CO,
ThesteelsuspensionWaldo-HancockBridgecarried.Route1travelersoverthePenobscotRiver,nearthetownofBucksport,Mainefor74years.Thisvitallyimportanttransportationlinkprovidedsafepassageforcarloadsoftouriststhroughtheyears,inadditiontosignificantcommercialtrafficrelatedtoregionalpaper-making,granite-quarrying,boatbuilding,manufacturedhousingproductionandahostoffreightitems,suchasdeliveryofhomeheatingoil.In2002,ascheduledrenovationbeganandinthesummerof2003,themainsuspensioncableswereunwrappedtoprepareforavisualinspectionoftheindividualwiresinthe37cablesineachmaincable.Deteriorationofthemaincableonthesouthsideofthebridgewasmuchmoreadvancedthanexpected,leadingthebridgeowner,MaineDepartmentofTransportation,tosimultaneouslyundertakeastrengtheningprojectontheWaldo-HancockBridgeandthedesignofthePenobscotNarrowsBridge&Observatoryonaparallelalignmenttotheexistingbridge.
FIGURE1
Inordertospeedtheprocess,Maineundertookthereplacementinaninnovativeowner-facilitated
Inordertospeedtheprocess,Maineundertookthereplacementinaninnovativeowner-facilitateddesignbuildprocessandgroundwasbrokeninDecemberof2003forthenewcable-stayedbridge,afirstforMaine.Akeyelementinthedesignofthenewcast-in-placeconcretesegmentalbridgeistheconsiderableattentionandeffortinvestedtoprovideadurable
SIDE-BY-SIDEOVERTHEPENOBSCOTRIVER,LINKINGWALDOANDHANCOCKCOUNTIESINMAINE.THENEWBRIDGEOPENEDTOTRAFFICONDECEMBER30,2006,JUST42MONTHSAFTER
THEEMERGENCYREPLACMENTNEEDWASIDENTIFIED.
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