Ductal Bridge Portfolio Jan 2012.pub

DUCTAL ® 

COMPLETED NORTH AMERICAN DUCTAL ® BRIDGES 

January, 2012 

BRIDGE TYPE: PRECAST CONCRETE SLAB 

Project: Mathers Creek 

Details: Precast deck slabs* placed on top of wood substructure, 

20.5 meters abutment to abutment. New construction, phased to 

permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 2010. 

Ductal ® Product: JS2000 - transverse and centerline joints, 

shear pockets, curbs. 

Location: HWY 71, North of Emo, ON, Canada 

Owner: Ministry of Transportation of Ontario 

Project: Noden Causeway 

Details: Precast deck slabs* placed on top of existing structure; 

rehabilitation and lane widening. Constructed in 4 phases. 614 

meters long, traffic remained open. Completed in 2010/11. 


shear pockets. 

Location: HWY 11, East of Fort Frances, ON, Canada 


Project: Current River 

Details: Precast deck slabs* placed on top of existing structure; 

rehabilitation and lane widening. Traffic detour, structure is 57 

meters long. Completed in 2011. 


shear pockets. 

Location: HWY 17, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada 


*Precast elements by Lafarge Canada Inc. 

LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA INC. 

10655 Southport Road, SW, Suite 1200, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2W 4Y1 

Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403) 271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 

Email: ductal@lafarge-na.com www.ductal-lafarge.com 

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BRIDGE TYPE: PEDESTRIAN 

Project: Sherbrooke Pedestrian Overpass 

Details: First Ductal ® bridge world-wide; spans 60 meters with 6 

precast segments. Deck is 30 mm thick with no passive reinforcement. 

PCI Design Award (Honorable Mention, 1998). 

Completed in 1997. 

Ductal ® Product: CS1000 - deck, bottom of truss, inside steel 

tubing. 

Location: Sherbrooke, QC, Canada 

Owner: City of Sherbrooke 

Project: Glenmore/Legsby Pedestrian Bridge 

Details: Largest monolithic Ductal ® pour (40 m 3 ) in the world to 

date. PCI Special Jury Award for Innovative Technology (2008); 2 

ACI Awards - Excellence in Concrete (2009); FIB Award for Outstanding 

Structures (2010). Completed in 2007. 

Ductal ® Product: CS1000 - 33.6 meter, T - section girder 

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada 

Owner: City of Calgary 

Photo Courtesy of Vic Tucker Photography 

Project: Country Hills/Sanderling Drive Pedestrian Overpass. 

Details: Very similar to the Glenmore Bridge (above), this is the 

first project of its kind that involved batching of Ductal ® in a readymix 

truck. Completed in 2008. 

Ductal ® Product: CS1000 - 33.6 meter, T - section girder 

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada 

Owner: City of Calgary 

Photo Courtesy of Tom Arban Photography 



Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: DUCTAL ® GIRDERS 

Project: FHWA Pi-Girders 

Details: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 

installed a Ductal ® pi-girder* for long-term and destructive testing 

at their laboratory in Virginia. Includes a deck without rebar. 


Ductal ® Product: CS1000 

Location: Langley, VA, U.S.A. 

Owner: Federal Highway Administration 

Photo Courtesy of FHWA 

Photo Courtesy of Iowa Department of Transportation 

Project: Wapello/Mars Hill Bridge 

Details: Simple span covered by 3 - 33.5 meter Ductal ® I Girders* 

without rebar or shear stirrups. 1st Hwy bridge girder. 

PCA Concrete Bridge Award (2006). Completed in 2005. 


Location: Wapello County, IA, U.S.A. 

Owner: Wapello County, Iowa 

Photo Courtesy of Iowa Department of Transportation 

Project: Jakway Park Bridge 

Details: The first highway bridge build with 3 Ductal ® Pi-Girders*, 

also the first highway bridge to incorporate batching Ductal ® in a 

ready-mix truck. Received an Iowa Quality Initiative Structures 

Research Merit Award (2009) and a PCI Design Award (2009). 



Location: Buchanan County, IA, U.S.A. 

Owner: Buchanan County, Iowa 

Project: Cat Point Creek Bridge 

Details: Simple span covered by 5 - 24.3 meter Ductal ® bulb-tee 

girders. No stirrups for shear reinforcement. Completed in 2008. 


Location: Richmond, VA 

Owner: Virginia Department of Transportation, U.S.A. 

Photo Courtesy of FHWA 




Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: ACCELERATED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION (“ABC”) 

Project: Canandaigua Outlet Bridge 

Details: Single span consisting of 8 - 26 meter long side-by-side 

bulb-tee girders. Completed in 2009. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - longitudinal joints. 

Location: RTE 31 Village of Lyons, NY, U.S.A. 

Owner: New York State Department of Transportation 

Project: Whitemans Creek Bridge 

Details: The first bridge that used Ductal ® to connect piles to 

precast HPC abutments. 32 half-width precast HPC deck panels 

rest on top of 5 steel girders. Abutment to abutment is 40 meters. 

This project had a 47 day construction period. Completed in 2011. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - transverse, centerline and approach 

joints; shear pockets and haunches; piles to abutment. 

Location: HWY 24 - West of Brantford, ON, Canada 


Project: Keg Creek Bridge 

Details: This bridge was scheduled to be completed in 2 weeks. 

The contractor precast the concrete/steel composite girders/deck 

on-site prior to construction. Ductal JS1100RS was used to 

achieve 10ksi in 48 hrs. Completed in 2011. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1100RS - longitudinal joints, live-load 

continuity joints, barrier joints. 

Location: US6 - East of Council Bluffs, IA, U.S.A. 

Owner: Iowa Department of Transportation 

Project: Ramapo River Bridge 

Details: Ten, full-width precast deck panels resting on 5 steel 

girders. This bridge was an ABC project to replace a structure lost 

in Hurricane Irene, it took six weeks for the bridge to be open to 

traffic. Completed in 2011. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1100RS - transverse joints. 

Location: Village of Sloatsburg, NY, U.S.A. 

Owner: New York Department of Transportation 



Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: DUCTAL ® DECK PANELS 

Project: Wapello County Waffle Panel Bridge 

Details: Winner - “Highways for Life Program”. Consists of 14 half 

width Ductal ® waffle deck panels on top of 5 concrete beams. 

This bridge is the 1st of its kind. New construction, traffic detour. 

Completed 2011 


haunch and shear pockets. BS1000 - deck panels 

Location: Wapello County, IA, U.S.A. 

Owner: Wapello County, Iowa 



Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: PRECAST DECK PANELS 

Project: Rainy Lake Bridge 

Details: The world’s first Ductal ® Joint fill project. Half-width 

precast HPC panels with curbs on top of steel girders. Length 24 

meters abutment to abutment. Rehabilitation, phased to permit 

continuous traffic flow. Completed in 2006. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - transverse & centerline joints, 

haunches and shear pockets, curbs. 

Location: HWY 11 East of Fort Frances, ON, Canada 


Project: Otego Creek Bridge 

Details: 22 half-width precast deck panels resting on top of 5 steel 

girders. The length is 39 meters abutment to abutment. 

New construction, traffic detour. Completed in 2009. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - centerline and transverse joints 

Location: Oneonta, NY, U.S.A. 


Photo Courtesy of MTO 

Project: Chukuni River Bridge 

Details: The longest single span in Canada at 83.5 meters. 

54 half-width precast HPC deck panels* resting on 4 - 3.7 meter 

deep steel beams. New construction, phased to permit continuous 

traffic flow. Completed in 2010. 


slab joints; integral curbs; shear pockets and haunches. 

Location: HWY 105 - North of Ear Falls, ON, Canada 


Project: Mackenzie River Twin Bridges 

Details: Twin bridges; each 180 meter long, 3 span, steel structure. 

Each bridge has 65 full-width precast HPC deck panels*. Each 

bridge alone could have been deemed the largest Joint Fill project 

to date. New construction - realignment. Completed in 2011. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - transverse and approach slab joints; 

integral curbs; shear pockets and haunches. 

Location: HWY 11/17 - North of Thunder Bay, ON, Canada 





Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: PRECAST DECK PANELS 

Project: Steel River Bridge 

Details: Similar to Mackenzie; Steel River Bridge is a 3 span steel 

structure but has an abutment to abutment length of 121 meters. 

It used 74 half-width HPC deck panels. New construction - 

realignment. Completed in 2011. 


slab joints; integral curbs; shear pockets and haunches. 

Location: HWY 17 - East of Terrace Bay, ON, Canada 


Project: Wabigoon River Bridge #2 

Details: Similar to Chukuni; Wabigoon River Bridge is a single 

span steel structure with a length of 40 meters abutment to 

abutment. It used 30 half-width HPC deck panels. New construction, 

phased to permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 2011. 


slab joints; shear pockets and haunches. 

Location: HWY 605 North - West of Dryden, ON, Canada 


Project: Shashawandah Creek Bridge 

Details: Single span steel structure with a length of 20 meters 

abutment to abutment. It used 18 half-width HPC deck panels. 

New construction, phased to permit continuous traffic flow. 


Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - transverse and centerline joints; 

integral curbs; shear pockets and haunches. 

Location: Kettle Point, ON, Canada 




Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: BOX GIRDER 

Project: Sunshine Creek Bridge 

Details: Single span built with 10 side-by-side box girders, 21 meters 

long with precast HPC curbs and approach slabs*. New construction, 

phased to permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 

2007. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - longitudinal and approach slab joints, 

curbs. 

Location: HWY 17 - West of Thunder Bay, ON, Canada 


Photo Courtesy of MTO 

Project: Hawk Lake Bridge 

Details: Single span built with 12 side-by-side box girders, 

27.2 meters long with precast HPC curbs and approach slabs*. 

PCA Concrete Bridge Award (2010). New construction, phased to 

permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 2008. 


curbs. 

Location: HWY 17 - East of Kenora, ON, Canada 


Project: Buller Creek Bridge 


27.8 meters long with precast HPC curbs and approach slabs*. 

New construction, phased to permit continuous traffic flow. Completed 

in 2009. 


curbs. 

Location: HWY 105 - North of Vermilion Bay, ON, Canada 


Project: Log River Bridge 

Details: Single span built with 8 side-by-side box girders, 21 

meters long with precast HPC curbs and approach slabs*. New 

construction, phased to permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 

2009. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - longitudinal and approach slab 

joints, curbs. 

Location: HWY 71 - South of Nestor Falls, ON, Canada 

Owner: Ministry Transportation Ontario 




Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: BOX GIRDER 

Project: Eagle River Bridge 

Details: Triple span box girder bridge, 12 box girders* per span; 

87 meters abutment to abutment. The first bridge to use Ductal ® 

in the live-load continuity joints over the piers. New construction, 

phased to permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 2009/10. 


live-load continuity joints, curbs, expansion joints. 

Location: HWY 17 - East of Vermilion Bay, ON, Canada 


Project: Wabigoon River Bridge #1 

Details: Triple span box girder bridge, 10 box girders per span; 60 

meters abutment to abutment. The first bridge to use Ductal ® as a 

leave-in-place form for the piers to handle the abrasion of the river. 



live-load continuity joints, curbs. BS1000 - leave-in-place pier forms. 

Location: HWY 105 - North of Vermilion Bay, ON, Canada 


Project: LaVallee River Bridge 


20 meters long with precast HPC curbs and approach slabs*. New 

construction, phased to permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 

2010. 


curbs. 

Location: HWY 11/71 - West of Fort Frances, ON, Canada 





Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: BULB TEE GIRDER 

Project: Bennett Creek Bridge 

Details: Single span consisting of 9 - 41 meter long, side-by-side 

bulb-tee girders. New construction, phased to permit continuous 

traffic flow. Completed in 2011. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - longitudinal joints. 

Location: RTE 248 Greenwood, NY, U.S.A. 


TO BE COMPLETED IN 2012 

Project: Fingerboard Bridge 

Details: Two span, 14 bulb-tee girders per span, 

63 meters abutment to abutment. New construction, phased to 

permit continuous traffic flow. Completed in 2011/12. 

Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - longitudinal joints 

Location: Fingerboard Road, over Staten Island Expressway, 

NY, U.SA. 

Owner: New York Department of Transportation 



Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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BRIDGE TYPE: MISCELLANEOUS CONNECTIONS 

Project: Current River 

Details: Precast curbs, which were cut off the structure in 2011 to 

facilitate placement of precast concrete slabs*. Please refer to 

Current River - 2011 under precast slab design. 


Ductal ® Product: JS1000 - curb joints 

Location: HWY 17 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada 





Phone: 1-866-238-2825 or (403)271-9110 Fax: (403)278-7420 


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