The Existing Champlain Bridge - Overview of Issues – The Owner’s Perspective
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Glen P. Carlin
(The Jacques Cartier & Champlain Bridges Incorporated, Longueuil, QC, CANADA)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Vancouver 2017 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1505-1512 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2017 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/vancouver.2017.1505 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Montreal’s Champlain Bridge was the first large scale use of prestressed concrete in Canada. A lack of understanding of corrosive effects from the long term use of de-icing salts has, over the decades, led to severe corrosion of the concrete girders. A poor drainage system and water infiltration through the pre-stressing anchors contributed to accelerating deterioration. A decision to replace the bridge was taken in 2011 only 49 years after its opening. Today, the most vulnerable girders are instrumented and the owner, The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated, has installed steel trusses beneath the exterior concrete girders as a risk management strategy. |
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| Keywords: |
risk management corrosion trusses pre-stressed concrete queen post
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