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Details of Concrete Seat Extender Details of Steel Bracket Extender Seat Extender
SEAT EXTENDERS AND CATCHERS FOR RETROFITTING OF BRIDGE
ABUTMENTS
Catcher Provided for a Vulnerable Catcher Beam used for Steel Girder
Bearing
USE OF CONCRETE, STEEL OR TIMBER TO FILL THE GAP BETWEEN
BACKWALL AND END DIAPHRAGM OF BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE
Abutment Blocking
L BRACKET ON SUPERSTRUCTURE SOFFIT
Both the as-built bridges are composed by simply supported prestressed concrete
decks sustained by framed bents.
To reduce any detrimental effect of the sharp corners on the tensile strength of the
FRP, in the chosen solution the cor-ners are rounded and an elliptical-shaped external
cover surrounding the old rectangular cross-section is realized by using cement grout