Justification of the parameters of regulationof forces for steel-reinforced concrete span structures from project “43282 km” by TSNIIPSK

Steel-reinforced concrete spans in road bridges have been widely used since the late 1950s, in the configuration of large-span bridges built across significant water barriers. To date, the issue of the need to reconstruct such span structures, including those designed and built according to the project “43282 km” developed by TsNIIPSK, is becoming increasingly relevant. The authors analyze the stages of the production of works of a particular object, developed for the implementation of the entire complex of works on its reconstruction using the method of force regulation. The presented order of work was successfully implemented during construction of the bridge over Kabarga River in Primorsky Krai. This made it possible to preserve the existing structure of the span (main beams and braces), replacing the worn-out reinforced concrete slab with a new - metal orthotropic one, while ensuring that the conditions of strength and stability of the flexural-torsional shape of solid-walled beams are met, in the process of dismantling the existing roadway slab and constructing a new one. Considering that steel-reinforced concrete bridges are built across large water barriers and have a very significant cost due to their large length, reconstruction using existing supports can significantly reduce the cost of construction, so, the possibility of upgrading the existing steel-reinforced concrete span structure is, undoubtedly, relevant. Based on the structural and technological measures presented by the authors, it is possible to carry out and effectively implement work on the reconstruction of the existing steel-reinforced concrete bridges that do not fully meet modern requirements for load capacity and throughput.