US 90 Bridge Over Biloxi Bay-A Design-Build Solution to Katrina Recovery
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Patrick Cassity
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Chicago 2008 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 358-359 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2008 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137908796293000 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This US$339M design-build project includes replacement of a 2.6 kilometer long bridge over Biloxi Bay connecting the gulf coast communities of Biloxi and Ocean Springs, Mississippi that was destroyed by hurricane Katrina. The majority of the design was completed in just 6 months to allow the roadway to be opened to 1 lane of traffic in each direction by November 2007, only 18 months from notice to proceed. The entire project was completed by April 2008. This paper will focus on the strategies implemented to reconstruct the bridge in response to the disaster and reopen the bridge as quickly as possible. |
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| Keywords: |
design-build waterline footings vessel collision Katrina Reconstruction Prestressed Girder Spliced Girder Precast Pile
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