Project Overview
In the Spring of 2021 Areté Structures supplied (2) FRP Stringer Bridges to the Alberta Parks in Alberta Canada. The 2 spans were installed as one continuous bridge with a pier at the splice. The bridges are four feet wide and slate gray color. The first section is ten feet long and the second section is twenty-five feet long totaling a length of thirty-five feet. The customer supplied local wood to be used for the railing and Areté Structures supplied the details for attaching the railing.
FRP Bridge Design
- Allowable Stress Design (ASD) Method
- 85 PSF Pedestrian Live Load
- 35 PSF Wind Load
- 40 PSF Snow Load
I-Beam Bridge Structure Specifications:
FRP Simple I-Beam Stringer Design
Strongwell EXTREN® 500 Series FRP structural shapes
Standard hot-dipped galvanized steel hardware kit
Color: Slate Gray
FRP non-skid decking
Timber railing supplied by customer; attachment details supplied by Areté Structures
