State:                                      KENTUCKY

 

                                                                                                                                                                              

Agency:                                   KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - DISTRICT 5          

 

Project and/or Route Name:                                    RIVER ROAD (KY 7163) OVER BEARGRASS CREEK    

 

Dates:                                     1996 - 1997

 

Rural and/or Urban:              URBAN

 

Length:                                   100 METERS

 

Type of Improvement:          RELOCATION AND WIDENING OF RIVER ROAD

 

                                                                                                                                                                              

Firm's Project Manager:      ROBERT B. QUISENBERRY,P.E.,L.S.,V.P.-STRUCTURES, FIRM PRINCIPAL

Firm's Project Engineer:      PAUL L. HENDRICK, P.E., PROJECT STRUCTURAL DESIGN ENGINEER   

Roadway Project Manager:  H.E. RUDY CONSULTING ENGINEERS (JDQ SUBCONSULTANT)          

 

Project Description: H. E. Rudy Consulting Engineers was the prime consultant on this project and JDQ was the subconsultant for bridge design only.  The bridge is a three span structure with spans of 19, 29 and 19 meters.  The overall length is 67.9 meters and the width is 16.6 meters.  The framing consists of seven lines of Type 4 PCI-Beams with a composite concrete deck.  The bridge is skewed 10 degrees left.  The substructure consists of Integral End Bents on piling and two Intermediate Pile Bents.  Cofferdams are required at intermediate bents.

 

The estimated cost of the bridge is $760,000.  All plans are in metric units.  Bridge construction was completed in 1999.

 

Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry was responsible for:

1.         Bridge Design and preparation of Advance Situation Folder, Preliminary Structure Plans and Final Structure Plans, Specifications and Cost Estimates.

 

H. E. Rudy Consulting Engineers was responsible for:              The Department was responsible for:

 

1.         Survey Work.                                                              1.         All Geotechnical Work.

2.         Drainage Design.

3.         Final Roadway Construction Plans, Specifications

            and Cost Estimates.