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BRIDGE NAME: Exposition Boulevard Bridges Over Ballona Creek

LOCATION: Los Angeles, California

DESCRIPTION:

The Exposition Boulevard Bridges are located on Exposition Boulevard at the border of Culver City and the City Of Los Angeles at the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard as it crosses Over Ballona Creek. The City of Los Angeles undertook the improvement as a part of the HBRR program to improve the serviceability and eliminate functional obsolescence by widening and also other improvements such as bridge railings and approach guardrails. Each of the existing twin bridges is 39 ft wide, 181 ft long with a 3 span configuration of 48 ft 3 inch-84 ft-3-48 ft 3 inch and a skew of 16 degrees. The bents consist of a single hammer head shaped pier supported on a pile footing. The abutment consists of seat type abutments on steel driven piles. The bridge was retrofitted with tie back rods with dead man anchor at abutments, bracings at girders, steel angle bracket restraint connection between the steel girders and the pier wall and a steel plate longitudinally connecting the superstructure. The widening consists of a hybrid system consisting of precast I girders and reinforced concrete boxgirder superstructure supported on pier walls and a seat type of abutment supported on driven steel piles.

Unique aspects include:
Evaluation of existing deck and steel girders, sufficiency ratings and seismic integrity of exiting and widening
Design of non-standard, architecturally enhanced barrier railings
Seismic Design for site specific ARS curve per current Caltrans SDC
Fast track schedule requiring completion of Final Plans within 8 weeks from NTP
Coordination and approval from City of LA, Culver, MTA and LA County Hydraulics
Architectural approval through the Cultural Affairs Committee
COST: $65,000.00 (Bridge Cost)

OWNER: City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering

REFERENCE: Mr. John Koo, SE
Seismic Bond Group
250 East First Street, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 847-5625

END DATE: May, 2002

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