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Long-Term Bridge Performance (LTBP) Program

AASHTO SCOBS T-9 Technical Committee June 23, 2014 Columbus, Ohio Sue Lane, P.E. Development and Outreach Engineer Long-Term Bridge Performance Program Federal Highway Administration

Hamid Ghasemi, Ph.D. Team Leader & Program Manager

Federal Highway Administration Robert Zobel, Ph.D., P.E.

Technical and Development Engineer Federal Highway Administration

Tom Saad, P.E. Federal Highway Administration

Developmental & Execution Phases

Identify

Bridge Performance Issues

Focus Group Meetings

Category Issue Decks Untreated Concrete Bridge Decks Decks Treated Concrete Bridge Decks Joints Bridge Deck Joints

Bearings Bridge Bearings Steel Bridges Coatings for Steel Superstructure Elements

Concrete Bridges Verify Condition of Strands and Tendons

Selection Criteria for Candidate Bridges • Bridge Type:

―Steel Multi-Girder Bridge with CIP Deck ―Prestressed Concrete Multi-Girder Bridge with CIP Deck ―Box Girder and Adjacent Box Beam Bridges

• State Owned (also representative of local bridges) • Eliminate if service under is RR • 10 m ≤ Max Span Length ≤ 50m • Maximum of 4 lanes on bridge • ADT ≤ 50,000 VPD • Built after 1960

Bridge Types and Sample Size

(Most Common Bridges)

Minimum of 65 Bridges in Each Cluster

On-Site Meeting Dates

Northeast: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT Mid-Atlantic: DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV East Central: IN, KY, OH, TN, NC Mid West (Central): IA, IL, MI, MN, WI Gulf Coast: AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, TX Rocky Mountains: CO, ID, MT, NE, SD, UT, WY NW: OR, WA SW: AZ, CA, NV Corridor: GA, KS, OK, MO, ND, NM, SC

SD (6/14/13)

OR (3/14/13)

CA (3/15/13)

NV (3/20/13) UT

(6/5/13)

AZ (3/19/13)

CO (6/6/13)

NM (3/7/14)

TX (2/28/13)

OK (7/12/13)

LA (2/25/13)

MO (7/8/13)

IL (7/25/13)

WI (7/26/13)

MN (3/20/14)

WA (3/13/13)

MI (3/21/14)

IN (4/25/

13)

OH (5/3/13)

PA (9/18/12)

NY (6/25/13)

TN 4/23/13)

MS (2/20/13)

AL (2/21/13)

GA (4/29/13)

SC (5/1/13)

FL (2/21/13)

NC (5/2/13)

VA (10/19/12) MD(10/10/12)

DC(10/18/12)

DE(10/17/12)

ME (4/9/14)

MA (4/4/14)

NH (4/8/14) VT

KY (4/24/13)

CT (4/2/14) IA (7/22/13)

WV (10/9/1

2)

ID (6/11/13)

ND (3/19/14)

NJ(10/16/12)

MT (6/12/13)

KS (7/10/13)

WY (6/4/13)

NE

AR (2/19/13)

RI (4/3/14)

AK

HI

States on-site meetings to be scheduled

LTBP Contractors and Tasks • Rutgers University

Bridge Sampling, Data Collection, Analysis, Protocols, Data Management

• Pennoni Associates, Inc. Data Collection and Validation, Protocols, Technical Support

• Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. Under Negotiation

• Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Data Collection

• Professional Service Industries, Inc. (PSI) Data Analysis, Legacy Data, Bridge Documentation Data Collection

Data Collection: Untreated Bridge Decks, Joints, and Bearings

Contractor Cluster States

Rutgers Mid-Atlantic Steel; Mid-Atlantic Prestressed Concrete

DE, NJ, MD, PA, VA, WV (2nd round of testing and additional bridges: July 2014)

Michael Baker

Gulf Steel; Gulf Prestressed Concrete

AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, TX (August 2014)

PSI Mid-Atlantic Steel, Mid-Atlantic Prestressed Concrete; Mid-Atlantic Concrete Box; NE Steel

CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV (August 2014)

Contractor NW Prestressed Concrete; SW Concrete Box

AZ, CA, NV, OR, WA (August 2014)

Bridge Research Condition Index Task Order for Bridge Research Condition Index—Awarded to Pennoni Associates, Inc.

• Status: Began September 2013

• Data-Driven Bridge Research Condition Index

• Takes into Account Reliability of Data

• Draft of Literature Search Written/Under Review

• Convened Expert Panel for 1-Day Mtg. on May 19, 2014 in Philadelphia

LTBP Program

Product of LTBP Data-Driven Decision

Support Life-Cycle Cost Models

Quantify Benefits of Preservation Strategies

Enhanced Design, Construction,

Maintenance & Rehabilitation Practices

LTBP Bridge Portal

Protocols Improved and

Standardized Evaluation Techniques

NDE and SHM Streamline

Improved Deterioration and Forecasting Models

Bridge Practices Timeline

- Owners - Steel Industry - Concrete Industry

LTBP Bridge Portal Status Update • IRB (Investment Review Board) 2-Phase Process

COMPLETED

• Transfer of Bridge Portal to FHWA Server for Deployment

INITIATED

• Prior to Deployment, Rutgers will Assist with Beta Testing

• Estimate Beta Testing to Begin Prior to EOY 2014

Research Protocols—Identification and Publishing Protocol Designation Protocol Name

FLD-DC-VI-001 Visual Inspection—Steel Superstructure Deterioration—General

FLD-DC-VI-002 Visual Inspection—Concrete Deterioration—General

FLD-DC-VI-003 Visual Inspection—Substructure (General Condition Survey)

FLD-DC-VI-004 Visual Inspection—Elastomeric Bearings

FLD-DC-VI-005 Visual Inspection—Pot Bearings

FLD-DC-VI-006 Visual Inspection—Rocker Bearings

FLD-DC-VI-007 Visual Inspection—Expansion Joints

FLD-DC-VI-008 Visual Inspection—Steel Superstructure—Corrosion

FLD-DC-VI-009 Visual Inspection—Steel Superstructure—Section Loss

FLD-DC-VI-010 Visual Inspection—Concrete—Abrasion

FLD-DC-VI-011 Visual Inspection—Concrete—Cracking

FLD-DC-VI-012 Visual Inspection—Concrete—Spalls and Delamination


FLD-DC-VI-013 Visual Inspection—Condition Assessment of Asphalt Overlays

FLD-DC-VI-014 Visual Inspection—Moisture and Efflorescence

FLD-DC-VI-015 Visual Inspection—Sulfate Attack of Concrete

FLD-DC-VI-016 Visual Inspection—Drainage System on Bridge Deck and Approach Slabs

FLD-DC-VI-017 Visual Inspection—Chain Drag (Deck Delamination Survey)

FLD-DC-ND-001 NDE—Electrical Resistivity Testing

FLD-DC-ND-002 NDE—Ground Penetrating Radar Testing for Bridge Decks

FLD-DC-ND-003 NDE—Half Cell Potential Testing

FLD-DC-ND-004 NDE—Impact Echo Testing

FLD-DC-ND-005 NDE—Linear Polarization Resistance

FLD-DC-ND-006 NDE—Dye Penetrant Testing

FLD-DC-ND-007 NDE—Ultrasonic Surface Wave Testing (Concrete)


FLD-DC-ND-008 NDE—Ultrasonic Testing—Steel Fatigue Cracking

FLD-DC-MS-001 Physical/Material Testing—Wet Coring (Field Sampling) of Concrete Decks

FLD-DC-MS-002 Physical/Material Testing—Strength and Static and Dynamic Elastic Moduli of Concrete Cores

FLD-DC-MS-003 Physical/Material Testing—Resistance to Chloride Penetration (Permeability)

FLD-DC-MS-004 Physical/Material Testing—Sampling and Testing for Chloride Profiles

Bridge Practices Timelines • Beginning with Timelines On: Types of Rebar Used in Concrete Members Changes in Composition of Structural Steel

• Working with Steel Industry to Develop National Steel Bridge Practices Timeline—Draft Completed

• Working with Concrete Industry to Develop National Concrete Bridge Practices Timeline—Draft Completed

• Working with Each State to Create Their Bridge Practices Timeline

LTBP Products - Publications LTBP Documents Published: • TechBriefs: FHWA LTBP Workshop to Identify Bridge Substructure

Performance Issues (Web and Print) LTBP Bridge Performance Primer (Web and Print) FHWA LTBP Industry Day (Web and Print)

• Newsletters: Newsletters #1, #2, and #3 Published and Online

LTBP Products - Publications Coming in Summer 2014: • Report: FHWA LTBP High Priority Bridge Performance Issues

(Web and Print)

• TechBrief: FHWA LTBP High Priority Bridge Performance Issues

(Web and Print)

• Newsletter: Newsletter #4 (Web and Print)

Pennsylvania DOT Demonstration - June 11 & 12

Coraopolis, PA Built in 1987 6 Miles East of Pittsburgh Airport 152 ft Two-Span Simple Supported Steel Construction Deck Condition = 6 ADT of 1500, with 5% Trucks

LTBP Cluster Bridge


Heidelberg Fire Hall Carnegie, PA

Scott Christie Deputy Secretary PennDOT Tom Macioce Chief Bridge Engineer PennDOT Louis Ruzzi Bridge Engineer District 11 PennDOT


Coraopolis, PA

RABIT™ Bridge Deck Assessment Tool Commercialization • Infratek • 5 RABIT™ Bridge Deck Assessment Tools • Plan Demonstration to States in Conjunction with Data

Collection

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