Papers presented at the International Bridge Conference June 10, 11 & 12, 1991 Monday, June 10, 1991 KEYNOTE SESSION Victor Bertolina, Session Chairman, SAl Consulting Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Anthony R. Kane, Associate Administrator for Program Development, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC (lBC-91-1) (This paper not published in these Proceedings. ) M. Noyszewski, Chairman, Committee 15, Steel Structures, American Railway Engineering Association, Chicago, Illinois (lBC-91-2) (This paper not published in these Proceedings. ) Samuel Schwartz, Hayden Wegman, Inc. & Director of the Infrastructure Institute at Cooper Union, New York, New York (IBC-91-3) (This paper not published in these Proceedings. ) James E. Roberts, Chief, Division of Structures, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California (IBC-91-4) .... STUDENT PAPER AWARD: ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF A MODEL SEGMENTAL SHELL BRIDGE Wagdy Wassef, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. ...... ............ ...... ... .......... ..... .... ..... ......... ........ .. 9 FEATURED STATE SESSION: CALIFORNIA James E. Roberts, Session Chairman, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California RETROFIT OF BRIDGES FOR ENHANCED SEISMIC PERFORMANCE M.J. Nigel Priestley, Frieder Seible, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California (IBC-91-5) ...... , . .. 16 DAMAGE AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING CONCRETE BRIDGES UNDER SEISMIC LOADS Frieder Seible, M. J. Nigel Priestley, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California (IBC-91-6) ...... ...... , . .. 24 SEISMIC EVALUATION OF LARGE AND UNUSUAL BRIDGE STRUCTURES Roy A. Imbsen, Wen David Liu, Imbsen & Associates, Inc. , Sacramento, California (IBC-91-7) ...... ... , .. .... ..... ...... ... 32 LARGE SCALE TESTS OF CONCRETE BRIDGE MEMBERS AND JOINTS FOR SEISMIC PERFORMANCE Stephen A. Mahin, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California (IBC-91-8) . .. .. ... .. ... 40 PERFORMANCE OF SEISMIC RETROFIT DETAILS IN RECENT EARTHQUAKES James H. Gates, Mark Yashinsky, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California (IBC-91-9) (This paper not published in these Proceedings. ) THE USE AND SUBSEQUENT REUSE OF SEISMIC ISOLATION BEARINGS ON A CALIFORNIA INTERCHANGE Eric Thorkildsen, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California (lBC-91-1 0). ...... ... ... ........... .... .. .. 47 BRIDGE MAINTENANCE James E. Roberts, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California (IBC-91-11).. ... ........ .. ... ...... ..... 53 Tuesday, June 11, 1991 TUESDAY MORNING SESSION "A" DESIGN I Lisle E. Williams, Session Chairman, HDR Engineering. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEALED MODULAR EXPANSION JOINTS William N. Poellot, Jr. , HDR Engineering, Inc. , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (IBC-91-12)........ ..... ...... ..... .......... ........ 81 RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF EXISTING STEEL GIRDER BRIDGES Sami W. Tabsh, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (IBC-91-13) .. .............. ... .... ........ ......... ...... 93 THE PHOENIX 1-10 COVERED DECK BRIDGES Samuel Weissman, Philip J. Waldvogel, Ammann & Whitney Consulting Engineers, New York, New York (lBC-91-14) ....... .. 102 THE NEW BALDWIN BRIDGE FOUNDATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Gregory Lassiter, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut; Joel Moskowitz, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, New York, New York (IBC-91-15) ....... .... , .. .... ; .... ..... ..... 110 iv r , i I INNOVATIVE DESIGN FEATURES OF THE HANGING LAKE VIADUCT Thomas W. Stelmack, Figg Engineers, Inc. , Denver, Colorado; A. Joseph Siccardi, Colorado Department of Highways, Denver, Colorado (IBC-91-16) .... .... " . .. 117 BRIDGE ABUTMENTS AND RETAINING WALLS - S.R. 4034, ALTERNATE DESIGN OF ANCHORED BAYFRONT HIGHWAY, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA Seth L. Pearlman, John R. Kenny, Thomas D. Richards, Jr. , Nicholson Construction Company, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (IBC-91-17) .................................................................................................................... 132 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PORT OF MIAMI BRIDGE & Bogdan O. Kuzmanovic, Manuel R. Sanchez, Beiswenger, Hoch Associates, North Miami Beach, Florida (IBC-91-18) ....... 141 TUESDAY MORNING SESSION "B" LESSONS FROM FAILURES John Kenny, Session Chairman, Nicholson Construction Company, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF STRINGER-FLOORBEAM CONNECTIONS Ben T. Yen, Yi Zhou, John W. Fisher, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Dayi Wang, HNTB, New York, New York (IBC-91-19) ......... .............. ....... ........... ..... ....... ....... ..... .... .... .......... ......... ............. ... ....... 149 INVESTIGATION OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE HARRISON ROAD BRIDGE Ronald A. Weber, National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC; David R. Schelling, Chung C. Fu, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (IBC-91-20) ..... .... ............ '.' ...... .." 156 NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY BRIDGE HYDROLOGIC/HYDRAULIC EVALUATION PROGRAM Kenneth R. Avery, Donald J. Bergmann & Associates, P. C., Rochester, New York; Keith Giles, New York State Thruway Authority, Albany, New York; Frank W. Huber, Edwards & Kelcey Engineers, Inc. , New York, New York; Sufian A. Khondker, Ebasco Services, Inc. , New York, New York (IBC-91-21) .... .... ....... .... ........ ....... .......... ..... 163 REPAIR OF WEB CRACKS IN FLOOR BEAMS Camille George Rubeiz, H. Daniel Rogers, Ryan-Biggs Associates, P. C. , Troy, New York (IBC-91-22) .. ....... .... ... ... .... 170 EMERGENCY RECONSTRUCTION OF BASCULE BRIDGE ON "DESIGN-BUILD" BASIS Ralph Eppehimer, Barney T. Martin, Jr. , Ward N. Marianos, Jr. , Modjeski and Masters, New Orleans, Louisiana (IBC-91-23).. 178 BUCKLING OF A THREE-SPAN CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE STEEL PLATE GIRDER BRIDGE Steve K. Waddle, Department of Transportation, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky; Shien T. Wang, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (IBC-91-24) ..... .... .... ....... '" ..... ............... : .... .... 183 INSPECTION OF SUBMERGED TIMBER PILING Richard J. Jarmakowicz, Michael J. Garlich, Collins Engineers, Inc. , Chicago, Illinois (IBC-91-25) .. ..... ... ...... .... ..... .." 189 TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION "A" REHABILITATION I Herbert M. Mandel, Session Chairman, GAl Consultants, Inc. , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania SEISMIC RETROFIT OF SAN FRANCISCO'S CENTRAL VIADUCT Thomas J. O'Neill, Tudor Engineering Company, Oakland, California (IBC-91-26) (This paper not printed in these Proceedings. ) EVALUATING THE CONDITION OF CONCRETE BRIDGE COMPONENTS SUBJECT TO REINFORCEMENT CORROSION Philip D. Cady, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (IBC-91-27) .... .... ......... ... .............. .... ........ 196 REHABILITATION OF WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE ANCHORAGE STRUCTURE Sarah Colker, Valeriu Saceanu; Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & Birdsall, New York, New York (IBC-91-28) ... .......... ... '" 204 JOINTLESS REDECKING OF SIMPLE-SPAN STRINGERS Phillip Pierce, EMJ/McFarland-Johnson Engineers, Inc., Binghamton, New York (IBC-91-29) .. ..... .......... .... ....... ...... 212 MAIN TRUNNION REHABILITATION OF THE FLORIDA AVENUE INNER HARBOR NAVIGATION CANAL BRIDGE Michael P. Freeman, Gregory P. Taravella, Modjeski and Masters Consulting Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana (IBC-91-30) ..... ......... .. ...... ...... ... ... ....... .... .... ... .... ............... ... ............ ........ ...... .......... " 217 REPAIR OF CONCRETE IN RAILWAY BRIDGES Douglas Knuth, CRSS Civil Engineers, Inc. , Chicago, Illinois (IBC-91-31) ..... .... ... .... ..... .... ........ ....... ... .......... 225 THE DESIGN AND ERECTION OF LONG-SPAN TEMPORARY RAILROAD BRIDGES FOR SHORT DURATION INTERRUPTION OF RAIL SERVICE Bernard A. Grand, Slattery Associates, Inc., Maspeth, New York (IBC-91-32) .. ... ......... ... ... ...... ....... ........ ....... 231 v TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION "B" CODES AND SPECIFICATIONS Reidar Bjorhovde, Session Chairman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A NEW LIVE LOAD MODEL FOR BRIDGE DESIGN John M. Kulicki, Dennis R. Mertz, Modjeski and Masters, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (IBC-91-33).. ......... ..................... 231: BRIDGE DECK CRACKING FACTS AND FICTION! Robert L. Nickerson, Federal Highway Administration, McL ean, Virginia (lBC-91-34) .. ............. ........ ....... ......... .. 247 IMPLICATIONS OF THE AASHTO GUIDE SPECIFICATION FOR VESSEL COLLISION DESIGN OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES Steven L. Stroh, Greiner, Inc., Tampa, Florida; Michael A. Knott, Greiner, Inc., Richmond, Virginia (IBC-91-35) .... ........ .... ................. .... ..... ............... ..... 259 HORIZONTALLY CURVED STEEL GIRDERS - QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS John M. Yadlosky, HDR Engineering, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (IBC-91-36) ..................... ..... ..... ........ .... .. 266 WORK-IN-PROGRESS REPORT ON LONG-LIFE-FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF WELDED-STEEL BRIDGE GIRDER DETAILS Hani G. Melhem, Karl H. Klippstein, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William J. Wright, Federal Highway Administration, McLean, Virginia; Charles G. Schilling, Engineering Consultant, Murrysville, Pennsylvania (IBC-91-37) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 268 AASHTO SEISMIC ISOLATION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES Ronald L. Mayes, Trevor E. Kelly, Lindsay R. Jones, DynamiC Isolation Systems, Berkeley, California; Ian G. Buckle, National Center for Earthquake Engineering, Buffalo New York (IBC-91-38)... ......... ....... ....... .......... 276 INVESTIGATION