Project Overview
Owner: City of Munising
This project consisted of the construction of a mountain bike trail for the Munising Bay Mountain Bike trail system. Arete’ Structures designed and supplied a 36ft x 6ft fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge to help in connecting an existing parking lot to the existing mountain bike trail system. The bridge was built on a steep terrain and installed by Wuebben Construction of Dollar Bay Michigan. The bridge was completed in the fall of 2017.
Design
FRP Bridge Design
- 36ft length
- 6ft width
- 42 inch high railing
- Pony Truss Design
- Olive Green Color
- Strongwell EXTREN 500 Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Structural Shape
- 85 PSF Pedestrian Live Load
- 70 PSF Ground Snow Load
- AASHTO Guide Specifications for FRP pedestrian bridges
- AASHTO LRFD Guide Specifications for pedestrian bridges
- ASCE Pre-Standard for LRFD of Pultruded FRP Structures