CUT TEMPORARY STRANDS (SEE "TEMPORARY

ELASTOMERIC BEARING
STRAND CUTTING SEQUENCE" THIS SHEET)
PAD TYPICAL AT END PIERS

END PIER
END PIER
TEMPORARY STRAND
FOR GIRDERS ERECTED ON A LONGITUDINAL GRADE, CUTTING SEQUENCE
STRAND DETENSIONING BLOCKOUTS SHALL BE
STAGE 1 PLACED AT THE LOW END OF THE GIRDER. 1. ERECT AND BRACE GIRDERS.

SET GIRDERS IN PLACE 2. JUST PRIOR TO CUTTING THE TEMPORARY STRANDS,

REMOVE EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE IN RECESSES IN TOP
INSTALL TEMPORARY BRACING FOR ERECTION IN FLANGE OF GIRDERS. ONCE THE EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE
ACCORDANCE WITH STD. SPEC. SECTION 6-02.3(17)F4. HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE STRAND DETENSIONING
BLOCKOUT, PREVENT MOISTURE FROM ENTERING THE
INTERMEDIATE BLOCKOUT UNTIL THE TEMPORARY TOP STRAND IS CUT AND
DIAPHRAGM (TYP.) THE BLOCKOUT FILLED WITH GROUT.
PLACE BRIDGE DECK REINFORCEMENT
AFTER CASTING DIAPHRAGMS
3. CUT STRANDS IN RECESSES. STRANDS MAY BE CUT BY
END DIAPHRAGM (TYP.) USING A CUTTING TORCH AND MOVING THE FLAME BACK
AND FORTH OVER THE LENGTH OF EXPOSED STRAND TO
LET INDIVIDUAL WIRES BREAK ONE AT A TIME TO LESSEN
THE SHOCK TO THE GIRDER. STRANDS SHALL BE RELEASED
IN A SYMMETRICAL MANNER ABOUT THE GIRDER
CENTERLINE STARTING WITH THOSE NEAREST THE
CENTERLINE AND WORKING OUTWARDS. FOR
STAGE 2 POST-TENSIONED TEMPORARY TOP STRANDS, ACTIVELY
RESTRAIN THE STRAND CHUCKS AT THE GIRDER ENDS
CAST DIAPHRAGMS AND DURING CUTTING.

PLACE BRIDGE DECK REINFORCEMENT 4. WITHIN 24 HOURS OF CUTTING THE TEMPORARY STRANDS,
INSTALL TEMPORARY BRACING FOR DIAPHRAGM AND DECK FILL THE RECESSES WITH A GROUT CONFORMING TO STD.
PLACEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STD. SPEC. SECTION 6-02.3(17)F5. SPEC. 9-20.3(2). REMOVE ALL MOISTURE IN RECESSES
PRIOR TO FILLING THEM WITH GROUT.
CAST BRIDGE DECK (OR PLACE PRECAST DECK
PANELS) WHEN DIAPHRAGM CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH HAS REACHED 3000 PSI (MIN.)
04/07/2016

STAGE 3
CAST BRIDGE DECK

TRAFFIC BARRIER SHALL NOT BE CAST

UNTIL THE DECK CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH HAS REACHED 3000 PSI (MIN.)

STAGE 4
CAST TRAFFIC BARRIERS

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE ~ SUPERSTRUCTURE

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CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE
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