3-Sided Culvert

  • 3-Sided Culvert
  • 3-Sided Culvert

PROJECT DETAILS

  • Location: Chester, Massachusetts
  • Installed: August, 2013
  • Owner: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
  • Engineer: WSP Group
  • Precast Producer: United Concrete Products

TECHNICAL DETAILS

  • Span: 42 feet
  • Rise: 10 feet
  • Length: 47.25 feet
  • Cover: 3 feet
  • Live Load: HL-93
  • Skew Angle: 0 degrees
  • Type: Arch-Box
  • Finish: Plain Concrete

DESCRIPTION

US 20 Over Walker Brook
42′ Span x 10′ Rise Arch Box

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation undertook a project involving replacement of five bridges on US 20 between Becket and Chester, Massachusetts. Two of the replacement structures are ECO-SPAN® arches manufactured by United Concrete Products. The new arch bridge at Walker Brook replaced a cast-in-place concrete slab bridge built in 1900 and reconstructed in 1929.

In order to maintain traffic without a detour, the precast arch was installed in two phases. Precast concrete headwalls supplied with the arch were designed to support MASSDOT S3-TL4 bridge rail.

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