Madison County Bridge Evaluation
Researcher(s)
Principal investigator: Terry Wipf, 515-294-9501, tjwipf@iastate.edu (project list)
Co-principal investigators:
- Charles Jahren, 515-294-3829, cjahren@iastate.edu (project list)
- Brent Phares, 515-294-5879, bphares@iastate.edu (project list)
- Michael LaViolette
Project status
In progress
Start date: 03/01/06
End date: 09/30/08
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s):Innovative Bridge Research and Construction
Madison County, Iowa
About the research
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.