Structural Reinforcement for Centenario Bridge with Near-Surface-Mounted CFRP

摘要

Centenario Bridge is part of a ring-shaped highway called "Circunvalacion Americo Vespucio," located in Santiago, Chile. Its traffic is about 75,000 vehicles per day. The reason for the reinforcement was to increase the capacity of the structure, from three to four tracks per direction, by transforming the space corresponding to pedestrian sidewalks in new tracks for vehicles, considering the structural deficit that was necessary to cover due to the new configuration of loads.