2011 Top 10 Bridges - No. 6
PROJECT: Main Street Bridge over Scioto River
LOCATION: Columbus, Ohio
COST: $51 million
LENGTH: 663 ft
DESIGNERS: DLZ, HNTB Corp.
CONTRACTOR: Kokosing Construction Co.
OWNER: City of Columbus
Top performances are surfacing off the ?eld in Columbus. The main span of the superstructure of the Main Street Bridge is supported by an inclined, single-rib, steel tied arch located between the roadway superstructure and the pedestrian walkway. Bracing for the rib extends down to the ?oor beams, which makes this structure internally braced and complex to analyze.