T G 340 UC-NRLF I r ! - \T- W < REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES DANIEL B. LUTEN Designing and Consulting Engineer INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN c < >Z be o ^s ^s K ^- OJ C K O c/3 '> U * f-H 10 V n c^ w C/} g, > H O [if O Q KH CQ w K O o U bo S s z g 2? C 5 > o 5 u &> IT. t-p* (A g U V - O I W c I Ci 41 ^ J* ^\ ^ *** o 03 q 3GU18 MAUMEE RIVER BRIDGE, WATERVILLE, OHIO Twelve spans of 75 to 90 feet. Roadway 16 feet See page 28, lower view For the Ohio Electric Railway Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1907 AMERICAN RIVER BRIDGE, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Five spans of 112 to 125 feet. Roadway 21 feet For the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County. Sacramento, California, 1915 BELLEVIEW BRIDGE, BELLEAIR, FLORIDA Three spans of 30 to 60 feet. Roadway 18 feet The end spans are half-arches, not cantilevers, and have expansion joints in the spandrels above each pier For M. F. Plant. New London, Connecticut 1915 WEST WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE, OVER WHITE RIVER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Seven spans of 106 to 120 feet. Roadway 77 feet See opposite page, upper view For the Board of Commissioners of Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1916 SOUTH THIRD STREET BRIDGE, OVER LEHIGH RIVER, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA Three spans of 92 to 105 feet. Roadway 62 feet See opposite page, upper view For the Board of Commissioners of Northampton County, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1912 WEST WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE, OVER WHITE RIVER, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA Roadway 77 feet See opposite page, upper view On the Old National Road, Washington to St. Louis SOUTH THIRD STREET BRIDGE. OVER LEHIGH RIVER, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA Roadway 62 feet See opposite page, lower view Under Central Railroad of New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railroad LEWISBURG BRIDGE, OVER WABASH RIVER, LEWISBURG, INDIANA Five spans of 83 to 90 feet. Roadway 18 feet See opposite page, upper view For the Board of Commissioners of Cass County, Logansport, Indiana, 1913 SHAWNEE BRIDGE ON UNION STREET, OVER GREAT MIAMI RIVER, PIQUA, OHIO Five spans of 94 to 110 feet. Roadway 50 feet See opposite page, upper view For the Board of Commissioners of Miami County, Troy, Ohio, 1914 10 LEWISBURG BRIDGE, OVER WABASH RIVER, LEWISBURG, INDIANA Roadway 18 feet See opposite page, upper view Showing recently completed gravel road extended across the bridge SHAWNEE BRIDGE ON UNION STREET. OVER GREAT MIAMI RIVER, PIQUA. OHIO Roadway 50 feet See opposite page, lower view Showing macadam pavement and cement walks on the bridge 11 BIG SNAKE CREEK BRIDGE, BADE COUNTY, FLORIDA Five spans of 26 feet each. Roadway 16 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Dade County, Miami, Florida, 1917 ORLAND BRIDGE, OVER STONY CREEK, ORLAND, CALIFORNIA Thirteen spans of 70 to 100 feet. Roadway 24 feet For the Board of Supervisors of Glenn County, Willow, California, 1914 12 LA JUNTA BRIDGE, OVER ARKANSAS RIVER, LA JUNTA, COLORADO Seven spans of 60 to 90 feet. Roadway 24 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Otero County, La Junta, Colorado, 1914 On the Santa Fe Trail LEONARD STREET BRIDGE, OVER GRAND RIVER, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Seven spans of 73 to 90 feet. Roadway 63 feet For the Board of Public Works, City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1912 13 LAFAYETTE STREET BRIDGE, OVER HILLSBORO RIVER, TAMPA, FLORIDA Twin spans of 93 feet 4 inches each and steel lift of 84 feet Roadway 77 feet 8 inches For the Board of Public Works, City of Tampa, Florida, 1913 iliwrannn FOURTH STREET BRIDGE, CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Five spans of 64 to 120 feet. Roadway 42 feet For the Board of Public Works, City of Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1915 14 BLAIR BRIDGE, OVER POTOMAC RIVER, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND Span of waterway 55 feet. Roadway 22 feet For the Maryland State Road Commission, Baltimore, Maryland, 1910 PLAINFIELD BRIDGE, OVER WHITE LICK CREEK, PLAINFIELD, INDIANA Three spans of 47y 2 to 55 feet. Roadway 24 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Hendricks County, Danville, Indiana. 1910 On the Old National Road. Washington to St. Louis 15 TUMWATER BRIDGE, OVER DESCHUTES RIVER, TUMWATER, WASHINGTON Four spans of 26 to 60 feet. Roadway 32 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Thurston County, Olympia, Washington, 1915 CENTER CREEK BRIDGE, SOUTHWEST MISSOURI RAILROAD, JOPLIN, MISSOURI Eight spans of 55 to 75 feet. Roadway 22 feet For the Southwest Missouri Railroad, Joplin, Missouri, 1912 16 SOMERSET BRIDGE, OVER LEOX RIVER, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS Four spans of 50 to 55 feet. Roadway 18 feet For the County Court of Bexar County. San Antonio, Texas, 1915 THIRD STREET BRIDGE, OVER WABASH RIVER, LOGAXSPORT, IXDIAXA Three spans of 96 to 101 feet. Roadway 49J4 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Cass County, Logansport, Indiana, 1913 17 FIFTEENTH STREET BRIDGE, OVER SHUNGANUNGA CREEK, TOPEKA, KANSAS Twin spans of 60 feet each. Roadway 30 feet For the City of Topeka, Kansas, 1916 BLUE RIVER BRIDGE, FREDERICKSBURG, INDIANA Twin spans of 80 feet each. Roadway 24 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Washington County, Salem, Indiana, 1914 18 JACKSON'S MILL BRIDGE, NEAR WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA Twin spans of 70 feet each. Roadway 16 feet For the County Court of Lewis County, Weston, West Virginia, 1913 FLORENCE BRIDGE, OVER ARKANSAS RIVER. FLORENCE, COLORADO Twin spans of 65 feet each. Roadway 16 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Fremont Count}-, Canon City, Colorado. 1913 19 ANGELL BRIDGE, OVER CANON PADRE, BETWEEN FLAGSTAFF AND WINSLOW, ARIZONA Span of waterway 136 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the Arizona State Highway Department, Phoenix, Arizona, 1915 On the Santa Fe Trail LITTLE COLORADO RIVER BRIDGE, HOLBROOK, ARIZONA Span of waterway 174 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the Arizona State Highway Department, Phoenix, Arizona, 1915 The centering was washed from under this extremely long span two weeks after concreting with no damage to the structure. See Engineering News, Oct. 26, 1916 20 VONORE BRIDGE, OVER TELLICOE RIVER, VONORE, TENNESSEE Twin spans of 65 feet each. Roadway 16 feet For the Monroe County Road Commission, Madisonville, Tennessee, 1913 SHERWOOD BRIDGE, OVER EAGLE RIVER, SHERWOOD, COLORADO Twin spans of 55 feet each. Roadway 16 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Eagle County. Red Cliff. Colorado, 1913 21 MILL CREEK BRIDGE, RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Span of waterway 70 feet. Roadway 14 feet For the County Court of Randolph County, Elkins, West Virginia, 1915 ROCK CREEK BRIDGE, ADAMS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Span of waterway 65 feet. Roadway 20 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Ritzville, Washington, 1915 22 YORKTOWN BRIDGE, OVER BUCK CREEK, YORKTOWN, INDIANA Span of waterway 95 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Delaware County. Muncie. Indiana. 1904 CEMETERY BRIDGE, BENTON HARBOR. MICHIGAN Span of waterway 86 feet. Roadway 12 feet For the City of Benton Harbor. Michigan. 1915 23 HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE, OVER SASKATC Ten spans of 25 t See fro This type of bridge is suited to structures of great height, permitting long span arches with skeleton supei ever rise above the ends of the supporting arches the small spa LOW-LEVEL BRIDGE, OVER GRE Eighteen spans of 70 For the Board of Commissioner This type of bridge is suited to any location where spans of moderate length, say not to exceed 125 or 150 floods. For behavior of such structures in floods see " 24 ^'ER. SASKATOON. SASKATCHEWAN aadway 63 feet ige 4 1 should be used only for locations where the arches are never submerged; for if flood waters should ivoiild clog with debris, requiring removal after each flood RIVER, MIDDLETOYVX. OHIO Roadway 30 feet ounty, Hamilton, Ohio. 1915 nomical and where complete submergence of the arches or even of the entire structure may occur in oncrete Bridges in the Easter Flood of March. 1913" 25 ISLAND PARK BRIDGE, WINFIELD, KANSAS Three spans of 35 to 45 feet. Roadway 24 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Cowley County, Winfield, Kansas, 1912 CICOTT STREET BRIDGE, OVER WABASH RIVER, LOGANSPORT, INDIANA Six spans of 96 to 108 feet. Roadway 35 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Cass County. Logansport. Indiana, 1913 26 TYGART'S VALLEY RIVER BRIDGE, GRAFTOX, WEST VIRGINIA Six spans of (& l /i to 90 feet. Roadway 25 feet For the County Court of Taylor Count}-, Grafton, West Virginia, 1915 MICHIGAN RAILWAY BRIDGE, OVER GRAND RIVER, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Five spans of 85 to 95 feet. Roadway 25 feet For the Michigan Railway Company, Grand Rapids. Michigan. 1915 27 BUCKINGHAM BRIDGE, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS Three spans of 45 feet each. Roadway 36 feet For the Town of Lake Forest, Illinois, 1912 OHIO ELECTRIC RAILWAY BRIDGE, OVER MAUMEE RIVER, WATERVILLE, OHIO Twelve spans of 75 to 90 feet. Roadway 16 feet See page 6 For the Ohio Electric Railway Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1907 28 LITTLE RIVER BRIDGE. DADE COUNTY. FLORIDA Three spans of \7*/ 2 to 30 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the County Court of Dade Count}-. Miami, Florida, 1917 REPUBLICAN RIVER BRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, NEBRASKA Five spans of 52 to 62 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the Nebraska State Highway Department. Lincoln. Nebraska, 1914 29 MINERS FORD BRIDGE, IOLA, KANSAS Three spans of 70 feet each. Roadway 16 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Allen County, lola, Kansas, 1907 NORTON POINT BRIDGE, MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MASSACHUSETTS Six spans of 25 to 48 feet. Roadway 20 feet For William A. Tucker, New York, 1912 30 HAUGHT BRIDGE, TYLER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Three spans of 63 to 66 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the Count}- Court of Tyler County, Middlebourne, West Virginia. 1914 FREDERICK ROAD BRIDGE, ELLICOTT CITY. MARYLAND Three spans of 56 to 72 feet Roadway 28 feet For the Maryland State Road Commission. Baltimore, Maryland. 1915 31 T. H., I. & E. RY. BRIDGE, OVER WHITE LICK CREEK, PLAINFIELD, INDIANA Five spans of 35 to 42 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1906 BRIDGE 816, C. & L. M. RY., OVER SUGAR CREEK, NEAR LIMA, OHIO Twin spans of 60 feet each. Roadway 22 feet For the Ohio Electric Railway Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1907 32 MIDDLETOWN BRIDGE, OVER SVVATARA CREEK. MIDDLETOWX. PEXXSYLVAXIA Three spans of 94 to 96 feet. Roadway 23 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Dauphin County. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania. 1914 BRIDGE 2671, ST. JOSEPH DIVISION*. K. C. C. C. & ST. J. RY.. ST. JOSEPH. MISSOURI Span of opening 70 feet. Roadway 16 feet. Skew 53 degrees For the Kansas City. Clay County & St. Joseph Railway Company. Kansas City, Missouri, 1912 33 WAYNE STREET BRIDGE, OVER WABASH RIVER, PERU, INDIANA Seven spans of 75 to 100 feet. Roadway 32 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Miami County, Peru, Indiana, 1905 The only highway bridge on sixty miles of the Wabash River to survive the flood of March, 1913 SEVENTEENTH STREET BRIDGE, BOULDER, COLORADO Span of waterway 70 feet. Roadway 24 feet For the City of Boulder, Colorado, 1906 34 TAYLOR'S FALLS BRIDGE, OVER MERRIMAC RIVER, NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE Five spans of 88 to 100 feet. Roadway 36 feet For the City of Nashua and Town of Hudson, New Hampshire, 1910 I RIPLEY BRIDGE. RIPLEY, NEW YORK Span of waterway 80 feet. Roadway 16 feet For the Town Board of Ripley, New York, 1908 35 CARTERSBURG BRIDGE, CARTERSBURG, INDIANA Twin spans of 90 feet. Roadway 22 feet For the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1907 ltffT t -f~ f '' f f f ' ' S * S f < 4 < I U > c ; CLOVER CREEK BRIDGE, PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON Span of waterway 45 feet. Roadway 28 feet For the Board of Commissioners of Pierce County, Tacoma, Washington, 1914 36 NOCCALULA FALLS BRIDGE. OVER BLACK CREEK, GADSDEN, ALABAMA Span of waterway 56 feet. Roadway 18 feet For the County Court of Etowah County, Gadsden, Alabama, 1916 FAIR GROUNDS BRIDGE, DES MO1NES, IOWA Span of waterway 12 feet. Roadway 36 feet For the Iowa State Fair Association, Des Moines, Iowa, 1910 37 LUTEN DESIGN BRIDGE, OVER PIKES PEAK, PUEBLO, COLORADO Span of waterway 85 feet. Roadway 16 feet Showing snow-capped Pikes Peak just visible SO miles away under the lower right half of the span For the Board of Commissioners of Pueblo County, Pueblo, Colorado, 1913 .."$?.' jg s r''^" - ' - '-; -- * >*- -" - '.*" <* - ~ ; /r * ' -*r RAGING RIVER BRIDGE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON Span of waterway SO feet. Roadway 24 feet For the Board of Commissioners of King County, Seattle, Washington, 1916 38 . ' ' BRIDGE NO. 3, CHEROKEE PARK, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY Span 60 feet. Roadway 30 feet. Skew 60 degrees For the Board of Park Commissioners, Louisville, Kentucky, 1911 PLYMOUTH ROCK BRIDGE, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS Span of waterway 15 feet. Roadway 15 feet For the Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1907 '''* - * J 39 BIG CREEK BRIDGE, GREENWOOD, MISSOURI Span of waterway 54 feet. Roadway 24 feet For the County Court of Jackson County, Kansas City, Missouri, 1915 WASHINGTON AVENUE BRIDGE, OVER BLACK RIVER, ELYRIA, OHIO Span of waterway 150 feet. Roadway 48 feet For the Board of Works of the City of Elyria, Ohio, 1914 40 PITTSBURGH STREET BRIDGE, OVER NESHANNOCK RIVER. NEWCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA Twin spans of 75 feet each. Roadway 60 feet See view below For the Board of Commissioners of Lawrence County, Newcastle, Pennsylvania. 1909 PITTSBURGH STREET BRIDGE. OVER NESHANNOCK RIVER. NEWCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA See view above This photograph was taken during the Easter flood of March. 1913. showing the two 75-foot arches flowing full, yet free from debris, because of the turbulent cushion of surface water against the haunches which deflects the debris 41 -^p ^ it TI ! I^T I "T' 3 f. . - OK in* JT t 3SR rm be i wm- - - FREDEKICKSBOK; BRIDGE. SALEM. 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