Research Project

Madison County Bridge Evaluation

Researcher(s)

Principal investigator: Terry Wipf, 515-294-9501, tjwipf@iastate.edu (project list)

Co-principal investigators:

Charles Jahren, 515-294-3829, cjahren@iastate.edu (project list)
Brent Phares, 515-294-5879, bphares@iastate.edu (project list)
Michael LaViolette

Project status

In progress

Start date: 03/01/06
End date: 09/30/08

Sponsor(s)/partner(s)

Sponsor(s):Innovative Bridge Research and Construction
Madison County, Iowa

About the research

Research objective: With the assistance of the Iowa DOT and Iowa State Bridge Engineering Center (BEC), Madison County will construct a single span bridge using rapid construction techniques. The BEC will conduct field monitoring on the bridge to help assess the behavior of individual elements during construction, the long-term performance of the individual components, and long-term performance and overall behavior of the completed bridge.

2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700, Ames, Iowa 50010-8664
Phone: 515-294-9501 ~ Fax: 515-294-0467
The Bridge Engineering Center is administered by Iowa State University's Institute for Transportation.