2013-14

Fairfield, VT

Owner

Engineer

Mechanically stabilized Earth retaining wall with inextensible reinforcement straps and pultruded FRP facing panels

Vermont Agency of Transportation

McFarland Johnson

Concord, NH

AL Saint Onge

Contractor

Span

Rise

Width

Skew

Headwall

About

Composite Superstructure

Montgomery, VT

35'

7'

38'

20º

Built under the Accelerated Bridge Program Required 22 crew hours from start to finish No impact on the stream No heavy machinery needed No maintenance to date

9 Fiber Glass Tubes, 4′ 8″ spacing, 12″ diameter

Wanzer Brook Bridge

"VTrans found that the stated benefits of the BiaB system have a sound basis. The bridge system was able to be constructed rapidly with ease and simplicity."

-George W. Colgrove III

Vermont Agency of Transportation Research Administrator