Fabrication and Installation of Modular FRP Composite Bridge Deck

摘要

Two highway bridges were constructed with a modular fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite deck in West Virginia. Laurel Lick Bridge was built as an all-composite short-span structure. Wickwire Run Bridge was constructed with a modular FRP composite deck supported by steel stringers. This paper presents the fabrication by pultrusion and the field installation of the modular FRP composite deck, and discusses the market potential for bridge construction and replacement.