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PBES/ABC Project Highlight: MassDOT's Fairhaven, I-95 over River Avenue

Topics:  Interstate Highway System

PBES/ABC Project Highlight: MassDOT's Fairhaven, I-95 over River Avenue

Benjamin Beerman
Federal Highway Administration
March 26, 2013

MassDOT replaced one of the I-195 bridges over Fairhaven's River Avenue using four prefabricated modular deck beam elements (MDB) this past weekend.

The project is just one example of how MassDOT is advancing prefabricated bridge elements to accelerate bridge construction (PBES/ABC).

While this is MassDOT's fourth project to use MDBs, it is the first that has the parapets cast as part of the composite unit.

The units weigh approximately 50 tons each. Mobility impacts on the $5.5 million project were limited to a weekend, starting at 9 p.m. this past Friday until 6 a.m. Monday morning.

See how the use of PBES/ABC can send a positive message to the public: NECN News video link

Additional coverage can be found from the Standard Times: Standard Times article link

Many thanks to MassDOT for sharing their project success!

Benjamin Beerman, PE
Federal Highway Administration