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Mockingbird Bridge

Pre-Bid Meeting
3/31/2011

MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE

REDLINE BRIDGE
Cantilever Abutment

Note: Images are not


from DART tunnels.

Prefabricated truss bridge


Installation over DART Redline
Track
Ultralight approach structure

MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : REDLINE BRIDGE

DART TRACKS

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MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : BURIED UTILITIES

DART AGREEMENT TERMS


Equivalent Load Limits over Tunnel

MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE LOAD LIMITS OVER DART TUNNEL

DART AGREEMENT TERMS


Equivalent Load Limits at Retaining
Wall & Portal
MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : LOAD LIMITS AT DART RETAINING WALL

DART AGREEMENT TERMS


Equivalent Load Limits at Redline
Retaining Wall
MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : LOAD LIMITS REDLINE BRIDGE

DART AGREEMENT TERMS

TRAFFIC CONTROL - CLOSURES

Load Limits apply to temporary props

Mockingbird Station Exit & parking


spaces

Limited window for work over recessed


tracks (Catenary lines de-energized)

Palomar hotel service drive


Lane closures during non-peak hours

MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : TEMPORARY PROPS & TRAFFIC CONTROL

ULTRALIGHT FILL APPROACH


STRUCTURES
Over-excavation to 6 ft below grade
Expanded Polystyrene Fill (EPS)
1 ft Thick concrete deck & corner blocks

Cementitious wall coating

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ULTRALIGHT FILL APPROACH


STRUCTURES
Redline Bridge West side
220 LF / max 5ft height
Mockingbird Bridge
North Approach 170 LF
South Approach 415 LF
Height varies to 17 ft max

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Design Concept
Structural System
Standard rolled sections (W12)
Precast deck panels

(no formwork over roadway)


Cables (locked coil)
Micropiles

Kit of Parts
Offsite Prefabrication
Minimize On Site Work
Maximize Fabrication Efficiency

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ELEVATION

DART TRACKS

PLAN
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Back
Stays

ELEVATION

Bumper

PLAN
MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : BRIDGE GEOMETRY

TOWER
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86 Micropiles, bond zone


20-feet long
Shallow rock (14-feet)
Nominal capacity:
540 kips (T) and
622 kips (C)
Tension piles prestressed
Compression piles: 9 5/8
dia. casing

Small equipment
Minimized noise and
vibration
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Offset from micropile


footing
Buried beam
Concrete Sub-base
Guided disk bearings

Back walls (placed last)

Top of
Unweathered
Rock

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Steel Pipe API 5LX-56


Standard section
36OD x 1.25 th.
Plates ASTM A709 HPS GR70
Single crane pick

Inclined, stabilized with backstays


Approx. 98 feet

Concrete-Filled Tube

Approx. 77

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Pour
Backs

Adjustable
Anchors

Concrete
Sub-base
Top of
Unweathered
Rock

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MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : TOWER ANCHOR HEAD

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TYPICAL SECTION

Edge Girders & Floorbeams W12 Sections


Slab composite with floorbeams only
Edge Girders Designed Non-Composite
Lateral Loads taken in Vierendeel Action
Weak Axis Bending of the Beam
Slab Diaphragm Action

FRAMING DETAIL

Floorbeam to Girder Full Moment


Connections Throughout
Temporary props to be designed by others

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Girder Splice
(Typ.)

Edge Girders &


Floorbeams
12 WF Sections
FRAMING PLAN

W12x106 Girders

W12 x 53 Floorbm
Horizontal curvature:
Edge Girders rolled the
easy way R = 1491ft and
R = 1509ft
FRAMING PLAN
Girder
Splice

Temporary
Prop

No vertical camber
required
End Cuts & Splice
Geometry to
Accommodate Profile

Variable Depth Haunch


@ Floorbeams

ELEVATION
MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : SUPERSTRUCTURE FRAMING

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FIXED DISK BEARING

Bumper

MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : TOWER BUMPER DETAILS

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Anchorage Fin Plate Weldment


Bolted Connection At Floorbeam Locations
Combined Floorbeam Connection Plate Cable
Anchorage

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36 Precast Panels 15-8 wide by 11-2 + hairpins


Conventional Reinforcement (No Post-tensioning)
Composite with Floor Beams
Transverse Cast in Place Closure Pours

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MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : BRIDGE RAILING

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Lighted Rail
MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : GUARDRAIL DETAILS

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Install Micropiles
Place Foundations
Pre-stress tension piles

MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE : SUGGESTED CONSTRUCTION STAGING

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Erect temporary props


Erect tower steel
Install back-stays

Inject Self-Consolidating Concrete


Adjust back-stays & survey towers

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Single-pick superstructure erection


Girder splices adjacent to props
Longest section 62-6
Minimize roadway closures
Identical Operation to falsework erection
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Steel superstructure supported by temporary props

Install Cables to a predetermined length

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Cable installation with a come-along

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Continue cable installation

Steel framing is gradually lifted off the temporary props

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Install stay cables at Tower 4

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Install stay cables at Tower 3

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Install final cables


Survey steel profile & tower alignment

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Place precast panels


Survey steel profile & tower alignment
Adjust cable forces

Place panel closure pours

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Remove temporary props


Install bridge railing
Install lighting & utilities

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Place Pour-back at back-stay anchor plates


Install abutment back-walls
Install compression seals

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CONDITION SURVEYS (SP599Y)


Tunnels, Tunnel Portal,
Retaining Walls

Note: Images are not


from DART tunnels.

Limits refer to B-99 to B-101

Pre-construction, postconstruction, intermediate


condition survey requirements.
Relevant Codes & Standards
Anticipated equipment
Inspector qualifications

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CONDITION SURVEYS (SP599Y)


Tunnels, Tunnel Portal,
Retaining Walls
Limits

Pre-construction, postconstruction, intermediate


condition survey requirements.
Relevant Codes & Standards
Anticipated equipment
Inspector qualifications

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INSTRUMENTATION &
MONITORING (SP599X)
Instruments: types,
locations, purpose
Accessibility issues
Baseline readings
Alert & limiting levels

Monitoring frequency
Reporting

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DART Interface
DART Contact:
DART input to design process
DART approval of
Instrumentation & Monitoring
Work Plan
Night time access (during
non-service hours) only.

DART requirements (e.g.,


security clearances, safety
training, etc.) covered in
upcoming addendum.

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Contractor Qualifications
Submit with bids:
Complex Bridge (2 in past 5 years)

Cable Stays & Connections


Micropiles & Ground Anchors (5 in 5
years)
Steel Fabricator (AISC certified shop,
AWS D1.5 certified welders)
Tunnel Lead Inspector (10 years
experience)

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Forthcoming Addendum
Qualifications Submittal with Bid
Erection Engineering
By Contractor

DART Special Provisions


Coordination
Safety Training
Security Clearance

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Forthcoming Addendum
Qualifications Submittal with Bid

Questions

Erection Engineering
By Contractor

DART Special Provisions


Coordination
Safety Training
Security Clearance

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