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'Sliding Truss' Method Reduces Traffic Disruption during Bridge Replacement

Jenny Jones

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The Milton-Madison Bridge, a 3,181 ft long cantilever through truss structure, spans the Ohio River to link Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana. The 81-year-old bridge is being replaced using an innovative design and construction approach to fully rehabilitate the bridge. This method entails building a new superstructure downstream of the existing bridge and then sliding it onto the existing rehabilitated piers. The bridge replacement will require only 10 days of closure to traffic.

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The Milton-Madison Bridge, a 3,181 ft long cantilever through truss structure, spans the Ohio River to link Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana. The 81-year-old bridge is being replaced using an innovative design and construction approach to fully rehabilitate the bridge. This method entails building a new superstructure downstream of the existing bridge and then sliding it onto the existing rehabilitated piers. The bridge replacement will require only 10 days of closure to traffic.

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The Milton-Madison Bridge, a 3,181 ft long cantilever through truss structure, spans the Ohio River to link Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana. The 81-year-old bridge is being replaced using an innovative design and construction approach to fully rehabilitate the bridge. This method entails building a new superstructure downstream of the existing bridge and then sliding it onto the existing rehabilitated piers. The bridge replacement will require only 10 days of closure to traffic.

Key concepts: Bridge (graph theory), Truss, Truss bridge, Engineering, Closure (psychology), Pier, Structural engineering, Cantilever

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