Next Generation of Roadbuilding Needs Methods for The Madness
When URS Corp. area bridge manager Dave Stahnke visited Japan in 2001 to learn more about the technique of “extradosing,” the irony did not strike him until later. “Here we were in Japan gathering information for the Pearl Harbor Memorial bridge” in New Haven, he recalls. As the Interstate highway system marks its 50th year, former enemies at its infancy now are sharing bridge technology.
More than good karma, the extradosed design—a combination of segmental girder and cable-stayed elements— for the Interstate 95 “Q” Bridge represents the innovation and experimentation that will mark the second 50 years of U.S. highway building. Like the Six-Million-Dollar Man, the Interstate will be built “better...stronger...faster.”