Alumabridge llc 855 373 7500 north america s premier supplier of advanced aluminum bridge deck design bridge decking prefabricated bridges modular bridges temporary bridges and open grid design.
Aluminum bridge deck.
Aluminum plank profiles extruded from 1 x 6 aluminum planks up to 2 x 12 aluminum deck boards.
Aluminum bridge decks in canada and the united states aluminum is widely used in highway bridge components like guardrails luminaires and signage while structural applications have been limited to pedestrian bridges sidewalk or bicycle path additions to existing.
Steel grid bridge and aluminum decking bridge forms and railings.
Since that time aluminum has been used in various ways in hundreds of.
Common applications include bridge floors highways inlets and airport trench drain covers.
The design of aluminum gangways length width and attachments are determined by the same factors affecting the rest of the dock.
The gangway forms the accessible route from shore to dock.
Aluminum deck is up to 80 lighter than steel with concrete allowing for widening of functionally obsolete bridges using the existing substructure.
Bridge decking is often the preferred heavy duty grating for applications subject to repetitive impact and loads.
Versadeck aluminum decking is a high performance aluminum decking product available in plank modular and waterproof decking designs for residential and commercial deck use.
All aluminum plank profiles are offered online in lengths from 2 feet to 24 feet.
Foster s bridge products include.
Per foot aluminum plank sections may also be cut to custom per inch lengths.
Aluminum alloys have been used in bridge structures for more than 70 years.
A popular pedestrian bridge decking choice is aluminum which has a high strength to weight ratio and is corrosion resistant.
In 1933 the first aluminum bridge deck was used to replace an earlier steel and wood deck on pittsburgh s smithfield street bridge in order to increase its live load carrying capacity.
All products can be used in alternative applications.
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Deck panels weigh 18 to 23 pounds per square foot depending upon deck depth and wearing surface thickness.
Aluminum planks and aluminum deck boards offered in every mill finish aluminum plank and anodized aluminum planking size imaginable at markstaar.
The construction mirrors the strength of monolithic concrete.