St.

Anthony Falls (I-35W) Bridge

Design-Build Team

• Designer: FIGG Bridge

• Contractor: Flatiron-Manson Joint Venture

Bridge Theme: Arches  Water  Reflections
Bridge Description

• High quality, safe concrete bridge

• Built to last 100+ years

• Constructed by Minnesota workers

Bridge Description

• Two parallel bridges, each with two box girders

• Striped for 5 lanes each direction (10 total) with 13’ and 14’
shoulders
(actual design loading considers for 7 lanes each direction)

• Possible future configuration of 4 lanes each direction plus light

rail line or bus transit lane
Building A High Quality Bridge

• Quality is the top priority

• Multiple layers of review throughout design and

construction

• Expert quality approvals from contractors, state,

federal government
 Railroad
Existing Road Track

South Bank Mississippi River North Bank Historic

Wall

Phase 1 Existing Conditions

 Railroad
Existing Road Track

Historic
Wall

Poured November 15, 2007

Load test complete November 22, 2007

Phase 2 Drill Test Shaft

Existing Road
Railroad
Track
Historic
Wall

All main bridge foundations completed February 2, 2008

Phase 3 Install Drilled Shafts and Pilings

 Install Drilled Shafts & Pilings

Existing Road
Railroad
Track
Historic
Wall

All main bridge foundations completed February 2, 2008

Pile Driving at Abutment 1 (South Bank) November 2007

 Drilling (background) and
December 2007
Hoisting Rebar (foreground)
Filling Shafts, Pier 3 December 20, 2007
Drilling at Abutment 5 on the North Side January 14, 2008
Phase 4 Cast Footings
Pouring Footing at Pier 3 on the North Side January 14-15, 2008
Inside the Footing at Pier 3 on the North Side January 14-15, 2008
Phase 5 Cast Piers and Abutments
Piers 3 and 4 February 18, 2008
Stripping Forms at Pier 2 March 18, 2008
Pier 2 March 21, 2008
Phase 6 Erect Temporary Supports
Falsework on the South Side April 2, 2008
Box Girder Form With Rebar in South Approach April 9, 2008
Elevation of Long-Line precasting system

Precast Main Span

Phase 7
Segments Off-Site
Casting Beds (on I-35W, South of River)
Building Forms
Building Forms
Enclosures at the Casting Yard Allow
January 27, 2008
Temperature Control
Pouring a Bridge Segment February 16, 2008
Completed Segments in Forms at the
April 23, 2008
Casting Yard
 Cast Superstructure
Phase 8
Spans 1, 3 & 4
Approach Span, South Side of River April 30, 2008
Phase 10 Erect Cantilevered Main-Span
Assembling the Ringer Crane April 16, 2008
Assembling the Ringer Crane April 17, 2008
Ringer Crane Prepares for Segments April 27, 2008
Phase 11 Completion of Superstructure Erection (Summer 2008)
Phase 12 Bridge Finishes (Fall 2008)
Bridge Opens: By December 24, 2008
“Smart Bridge” System
“Smart Bridge” System
(Sensors in the Bridge)

Monitoring system covers five areas:

• Support construction processes

• Record of structural behavior (structure monitoring) by Mn/DOT and U of M

• Control of the automated anti-icing system

• Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) (traffic flow, traffic message signs, etc.)

• Bridge security
Public Information Efforts
Sidewalk Talks Every Saturday, 11 a.m.,
Outside Grandma’s Restaurant
Signs Mounted on 10th Avenue
Bridge for Self-Guided Tours
“Casting the Future”

• Field trip about science, math, building the I-35W

Bridge

• Co-sponsored by FIGG Bridge, Flatiron-Manson,

Cemstone, local unions
“Casting the Future”

• 1,800+ students make

decorative concrete tiles that
will be installed in
2nd Street overpass

• Bridge site tours

For Regular I-35W Bridge Project Updates,
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