MOOD'S BRIDGE

DECK REPAIRS
Blocks and Teflon coated plates were installed between bottom chords on each side of the bridge. A timber deck was installed and the backwalls were poured. In the field, holes for new tie rods were drilled. Tie rods were installed and tightened until Teflon plates were in contact with plates on the outside deck.    

The existing deck was removed and replaced with steel stringers.		Here is a view of the new metal stringers as they connect to the stone abutment.
These are Teflon plates as seen from below the bridge.		Top and bottom chords were repaired. Here a worker chisels out a mortise (opening) which will relieve another piece of wood to create the timber joint.
The floor beams, bottom chord bracing (both timber and steel members), bottom chord tie rods, and exterior tie cables and anchorages were removed.		This is the bridge deck during repairs.
A new timber flooring system alternates 10" steel "I" beams with the timbers. The beams were rolled in (one at a time or in pairs).		New concrete beam seats and grout were formed and placed under bottom chords at the abutments. After the concrete and grout were cured, the jacks were released and the bents were removed. New interior portal sheathing was also installed (seen behind worker).

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION MOOD'S BRIDGE

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