Short Span Steel Bridges Innovation
Advances in Steel Technology Reduces the Installed and Life-Cycle Cost of Bridges
The Jesup South Bridge, Iowa, was designed using eSPAN140.
The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) supports and promotes innovations in highway bridge construction. Specially, using innovative steel materials and technology to reduce the installed and life-cycle costs of highway bridges.
- Steel bridge fabricators provide a wide range of prefabricated steel bridge and buried soil structures – some can be installed in a weekend!
- The Ohio Department of Transportation and Muskingum County were awarded an Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration grant to replace a bridge using press brake tub girder (PBTG) technology with a steel Sandwich Plate System (SPS) deck.
- New steel grades and coating technology can extend the life of a bridge to over 100 years – including advances in weathering, A709-50CR, paint, metalizing, and galvanized coating protection systems.
- Innovative tools like eSPAN140 provide bridge professionals with the optimal, most cost-effective design for short span steel bridges.
Press Brake & Folded Plate
Research Reports: Development and Experimental Testing of Press Brake Tub Girders
Seven volume research report on the development and testing of steel press brake formed tub girders.
Press Brake & Folded Plate
History and Overview of Press Brake Tub Girders
The press-brake-formed tub girder is a recently developed technology for short span bridge applications.
Economics
Smart Ways to Save Time and Money on Short Span Bridge Design and Construction
The SSSBA offers many proven cost-effective and time-saving solutions to improve infrastructure.
Education
Improving the U.S. Bridge Infrastructure Grade With Steel Solutions
The SSSBA offers many proven cost-effective and time-saving solutions to improve infrastructure.
eSPAN140
Breathing New LIFE Into Short Span Steel Bridge Design
eSPAN140 provides a proven, cost-effective engineering solution to update our nations infrastructure.
Press Brake & Folded Plate
Turning a Challenge Into an Innovative Design Solution
The Amish Sawmill Bridge in Iowa is the first steel press-brake-formed tub girder bridge in service in the United States.
Decks
Sandwich Plate System Deck
SPS is a structural material of two metal plates with a polyurethane elastomer core.