Rehabilitation of the Boivre Viaduct - A Multispan Prestressed Box Girder Bridge

T his project confirms the veracity of the old adage that "necessity is the mother of invention." Indeed, during a routine inspection of the Boivre Viaduct, four types of cracks were discovered which prompted an in-depth inspection of the structure in addition to conducting a field test with an actual truck loading. The field findings, together with a review of the original computations, led engineers to the diagnosis that the