Atlas Evaluation Completes Bridge Deck Inspection in New Jersey
Posted: 2021-12-26
Atlas Evaluation & Inspection Services (AEIS) has completed inspection and testing for New Jersey Department of Transportation’s new Wittpenn Bridge, a vertical-lift bridge that extends New Jersey Route 7 over the Hackensack River. The bridge represents the state’s first orthotropic bridge deck, a lightweight structural steel deck plate featuring longitudinal ribs and transverse floor beams under a wearing-surface covered steel plate. An orthotropic design offers greater structural efficiency due to reduced need for concrete as well as a 100-year life span.
A leading inspection and certification company based in South Plainfield, N.J., AEIS used nondestructive testing (NDT) on the newly-created bridge. AEIS also completed welding inspections on the two orthotropic deck splices that run the length of the lift span.
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