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Final roadway & bridge design for S.R. 3051 Section 78b, Montgomery County, Pa.
Drexel University. College of Engineering. Senior Design Projects
26 Mar 2007
Abstract
The former Betzwood Bridge, located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was an alternative to using US Route 422 to cross the Schuylkill River to visit popular destinations such as the King of Prussia Mall or Valley Forge National Park. However, since the bridge was demolished in 1993 there has been no alternative but to use the US Route 422 Bridge. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has since realized the need to rebuild the former bridge to alleviate the present delays experienced by US Route 422 travelers. Briefly stated, BHP's scope of work for this project involved designing and constructing a new five span, two lane, 745-foot bridge that will span the Schuylkill River, as well as the active Norfolk Southern Railroad, widening a half mile of Trooper Road (S.R 3051), and redesigning the intersections of Trooper Road and Valley Forge Road (SR 0023) and Trooper Road and Audubon Road, as well as making improvement to the US Route 422 off ramp. To achieve these designs the four main areas of roadway design, bridge superstructure and substructure design, and traffic design had to be evaluated. The following sections will look into each one of these areas in greater detail and explain the methodology behind the new proposed designs.
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- Title
- Final roadway & bridge design for S.R. 3051 Section 78b, Montgomery County, Pa.
- Creators
- Wes Baker - Drexel UniversityBrent Barbich (Author) - Drexel University (1970-)Jeffery Birks (Author) - Drexel University (1970-)Zach Harris - Drexel UniversityJin S Park (Author) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Publication Details
- Drexel University. College of Engineering. Senior Design Projects
- Number of pages
- 296
- Resource Type
- Report
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Engineering
- Other Identifier
- 991014632290104721