Madison County Bridge Evaluation

Principal Investigator:

Terry Wipf, tjwipf@iastate.edu (other projects)

Co-Principal Investigator:

• Charles Jahren, cjahren@iastate.edu (other projects)
• Brent Phares, bphares@iastate.edu (other projects)
• Michael LaViolette, mlaviol@iastate.edu (other projects)

Project Status: In Progress

Start Date: 03/01/2006
End Date: 09/30/2008


Research Objective: With the assistance of the Iowa DOT and Iowa State Bridge Engineering Center (BEC), Madison County will construct a single span bridge using rapid construction techniques. The BEC will conduct field monitoring on the bridge to help assess the behavior of individual elements during construction, the long-term performance of the individual components, and long-term performance and overall behavior of the completed bridge.

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