Lasting Solution Eludes Team Facing Out-of-Plumb Bents

摘要

Causes and solutions are proving elusive on an Oregon bridge project in which two bents moved out of plumb during construction.rnLast winter, the trouble was noticed on the $215-million U.S. 20 Pioneer Mountain-Eddyville highway near the Oregon coast.rnJoe Squire, project manager for the Oregon Dept. of Transportation, says a lateral load from adjacent fill and subsurface ground pressure may have caused the shifts in two of the 20 bents on the 10-bridge project.