style="text-align: left;">This paper presents the major results and details from a structural load test performed on Structure B of the Bridge Street Bridge Deployment Project in South field, Michigan. Structure B is the first prestressed concrete bridge in the United States to be almost entirely reinforced with carbon fiber reinforced polymer. The measured strains and deflections from various bridge span load configurations were analyzed for evaluating load distribution behavior. In addition, data from a laboratory test of a full-scale prototype double-tee test beam conducted prior to bridge construction were compared with data obtained from the field load test of Structure B. Static loads were applied to each of the three spans of Structure B using loaded dump trucks to generate specific positive lane bending moments. Based on the results from the static load test of Structure B, it is concluded that the three spans of the bridge exhibit similar load distribution behavior. As determined from the measured strain response in the beams, the actual distribution of the applied loads within each span in general conforms with the provisions contained in the AASHTO Specifications. >References style="text-align: left;">1. ACI Committee 440, a€?State-of the-Art Report on Fiber Reinforced Plastic Reinforcement for Concrete Structures,a€? ACI 440R-96, American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 1996, 153 pp. style="text-align: left;">2. Rizkalla, S. H., a€?A New Generation of Civil Engineering Structures and Bridges,a€? Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Non Metallic (FRPRC) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Sapporo, Japan, V. 1, October 1997, pp. 113-128. style="text-align: left;">3. Fam, A. Z., Rizkalla, S. H., and Tadros, G., target="_blank" title="a€?Behavior of CFRP Prestressing and Shear Reinforcements for Concrete Highway Bridges,a€?" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/463 ">a€?Behavior of CFRP Prestressing and Shear Reinforcements for Concrete Highway Bridges,a€? ACI Structural Journal, V. 94, No. 1, January-February 1997, pp. 77-86. style="text-align: left;">4. Grace, N. F., Navarre, F. C., Nacey, R. B., Bonus, W., and Collavino, L., target="_blank" title="a€?Design-Construction of Bridge Street Bridge - First CFRP Bridge in the United States,a€?" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15554/pcij.09012002.20.35 ">a€?Design-Construction of Bridge Street Bridge - First CFRP Bridge in the United States,a€? PCI JOURNAL, V. 47, No. 5, September-October 2002, pp. 20-35. style="text-align: left;">5. Grace, N. F., Abdel-Sayed, G., Sakia, S., and Wahba, J., a€? Finite Element Analysis of Bridge Street Bridge, City of Southfield, Michigan,a€? Lawrence Technological University Research Project No. 36, Report Submitted to Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1997, Bloomfield Hills, MI. style="text-align: left;">6. Grace, N. F., and Abdel-Sayed, G., target="_blank" title="a€?Behavior of Externally Draped CFRP Tendons in Prestressed Concrete Bridges,a€?" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15554/pcij.09011998.88.101 ">a€?Behavior of Externally Draped CFRP Tendons in Prestressed Concrete Bridges,a€? PCI JOURNAL, V. 43, No. 5, September-October 1998, pp. 88-101. style="text-align: left;">7. Grace, N. F., and Abdel-Sayed, G., target="_blank" title="a€?Behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Prestressed Concrete Skew Bridge,a€? " href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/830 ">a€?Behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Prestressed Concrete Skew Bridge,a€? ACI Structural Journal, V. 97, No. 1, January-February 2000, pp. 26-34. style="text-align: left;">8. Grace, N. F, target="_blank" title="a€? Response of Continuous CFRP Prestressed Concrete Bridges Under Static and Repeated Loadings,a€?" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15554/pcij.11012000.84.102 ">a€? Response of Continuous CFRP Prestressed Concrete Bridges Under Stat
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