General Information
| Completion: | 1968 |
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| Status: | demolished (2008) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Girder bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA |
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| Carries: |
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| Part of: | |
| Will be replaced by: |
Escambia Bay Bridge (2007)
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| Coordinates: | 30° 23' 37.54" N 87° 11' 5.27" W |
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Chronology
| 1998 | The bridge undergoes structural repairs worth 3 million US dollars. |
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| Beginning of September 2004 | The bridge is severely damaged by Hurricane Ivan. |
| 6 October 2004 | The bridge is reopened after emergency repair works. |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Escambia Bay Bridge is a six-lane freeway bridge that carries Interstate 10 (I-10) across Escambia Bay near Pensacola, Florida.
History
The original four-lane bridge opened in 1968. It consisted of twin spans of two lanes each with no shoulders and was heavily damaged during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The storm surge knocked a total of 58 spans off the eastbound and westbound bridges and misaligned another 66 spans, causing the bridge to close to traffic in both directions. A $26.5 million dollar project was awarded to Gilbert Southern/Massman and the Parsons Corporation to make emergency repairs to the bridge. Traffic normally destined for the bridge was rerouted along U.S. Route 90 (US 90, exit 17) for over two months while temporary spans were built along the bridge's existing substructure, resulting in severe traffic jams. The westbound spans were completed and opened to traffic on October 4, 7 days ahead of schedule, while the eastbound spans were completed and opened to traffic on November 20, 66 days after Ivan made landfall and 27 days ahead of schedule. Both contractors received $1.5 million in bonuses for the early completion.
Construction on a new bridge to replace the one damaged by the hurricane began in early 2006. As the original bridge was left in place during construction, the new bridge was routed to the south and has a curved alignment near the beginning and end of each approach. Unlike the previous bridge, the new bridge features a total of six lanes (three eastbound and three westbound) as well as shoulders, modern barrier walls and lighting. The westbound portion of the bridge opened on December 12, 2007.
The bridge connects the northern part of Florida with the Gulf Coast and is used by an estimated 50,000 vehicles per day.
The Scenic Highway bridge that runs over and perpendicular to the I-10 bridge (seen running left to right at the very bottom of the above picture) was also replaced by a new bridge in 2015.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Escambia Bay Bridge" and modified on March 2, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Ivan the terrible. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 11, n. 38 (1st Quarter 2005), pp. 61-62.
- (2004): Marathon effort gets Florida traffic flowing again. In: Bridge Update, n. 47 (October 2004), pp. 4.
- (2009): Numerical Modeling of Dynamic Wave Force Acting on Escambia Bay Bridge Deck during Hurricane Ivan. In: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, v. 135, n. 4 (July 2009), pp. 164-175.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20013677 - Published on:
08/10/2004 - Last updated on:
01/03/2021
