BIN-WALL BRIDGE ABUTMENTS

ARMTEC BIN-WALL BRIDGE ABUTMENTS

Logging, mining and other access roads Provincial and municipal highways and roads Remote wilderness sites
For economy in the construction of access roads or highways, it is essential that efficient designs be employed to reduce material costs and time on the project. The most costly ingredient in building roads is often bridge construction, which also can extend the job completion considerably. To solve these problems, Armtec developed galvanized steel Bin-Wall Abutments. This type of abutment has been used on hundreds of bridges built in Canada over the past 30 years. Armtec Bin-Wall Abutments have many advantages: Easily transported because individual components are nested into a compact, light weight load. Economical material supply and installation costs. All components can be easily manhandled, eliminating the need for heavy equipment. Components are easily bolted together for fast construction. They can be assembled in place or off-site and lifted into position. No waiting for formwork, curing time, etc. All-weather construction. Proven strength and durability. All components are galvanized. No footings are required. Abutments are flexible and will accommodate minor settlement and movement. Can be salvaged and reused at another location. Armtec will provide a design and detail drawings of the Bin-Wall Abutments. The owners designer must ensure that the assumptions used in the design are correct and that the ground has sufficient bearing capacity to support the loads.

Typical Bin-Wall Abutment Figure 1

Reinforced concrete or timber bearing pad Stringer stiffener

Spacer stiffener

Rear corner vertical connector

Stringers Vertical connector Spacers Grade plate 2 Front corner vertical connector

Bin-Wall Bridge Abutment for a bridge over Crooked River, near McKenzie, British Columbia. Although 4.5 metres high, much of the abutment is buried. Owner Fletcher Challenge.

Maximum Allowable Bin Heights (mm)

Highway Loading
FILL DESIGN VEHICLE L-60 OR CL-625 HEIGHT (mm) DESIGN B DESIGN C DESIGN D DESIGN E

Design notes:
1. The design procedure to determine the stability of the bins follows the Coulomb Wedge Analysis. Lateral earth pressures on the wall are based on the equilibrium of a failure wedge of soil behind the bin. The principle assumptions of this method are: i) The backfill will be a good quality, free draining, evenly graded granular material possessing a minimum angle of internal friction = 33 degrees. ii) Backfill density = 19 kN/m3. Backfill is compacted to 95% Standard Proctor Density. iii) Soil ailure plane is along a straight line originating at the heel of the bin. 2. Minimum allowable factors of safety against overturning and sliding are 2.0 and 1.5 respectively. 3. The maximum design toe pressure beneath the bin, for the heights shown, is 230 kPa. For allowable soil bearing capacities less than 230 kPa, consult your Armtec representative. 4. The dead load and live load end reactions from the bridge superstructure are applied as line loads over the top of the bin. The line load equals the bridge reaction divided by the bearing pad length. The maximum allowable bin heights listed in the tables are based on a bridge dead load between 10 - 30 kN/m. The bridge live load is noted directly below each table. (See Figure 2 for location of applied dead and live line loads.) 5. Bearing pads must not be in contact with Bin-Wall members. 6. Bridge girder extends into the abutment 1.3 m. (See Figure 2) 7. All loads are unfactored. 8. Bin-Wall stringers and/or spacers may require reinforcement consult your Armtec representative for details. 9. It is the owners responsibility to ensure that actual site conditions meet or exceed the above requirements. It is also the owners responsibility to check design for global stability. 10. CS-625 is the recommended design live load in the CSA Code CAN/CSA-S6-00 for the design of highway bridges. L-75, L-100, L-150 and L-165 are off highway truck loading designations of the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests and Lands, for the Logging Industry. 11. For walls constructed in or near water, the foundation elevation (bottom of the Bin-Wall) must be established such that it is below potential scour depths. It is important to prevent the loss of foundation material supporting the bins and the loss of fill being retained by the wall. The design of an appropriate embedment (depth See Note 4 below grade to the foundation) See and of scour Note 11 protection is the responsibility of others.

600 900 1200 1500

3758 4167 4167 4167

4977 4977 4977 4977

5791 5791 5791 5386

6197 6197 6197 6197

(Live Load between 45 - 65 kN/m. See Note 4.)

Off Highway Loading

FILL DESIGN VEHICLE L-75 HEIGHT (mm) DESIGN B DESIGN C DESIGN D DESIGN E

600 900 1200 1500

3758 4167 4167 4167

4977 4977 4977 4572

5791 5386 5386 5386

6197 6197 6197 5791

(Live Load between 60 - 80 kN/m. See Note 4.)

FILL DESIGN VEHICLE L-100 HEIGHT (mm) DESIGN C DESIGN D DESIGN E DESIGN F

600 900 1200 1500

4977 4572 4572 4572

5386 5386 4977 4977

5791 5791 5791 5386

6197 6197 6197 6197

(Live Load between 75 - 105 kN/m. See Note 4.)

FILL DESIGN VEHICLE L-150 HEIGHT (mm) DESIGN C DESIGN D DESIGN E DESIGN F

600 900 1200 1500

4167 3758 3758 3758

4572 4572 4167 4167

4977 4977 4977 4572

5386 5386 5386 5386

(Live Load between 120 - 160 kN/m. See Note 4.)

FILL DESIGN VEHICLE L-165 HEIGHT (mm) DESIGN C DESIGN D DESIGN E DESIGN F

900 1200 1500 1800

3353 2947 2947 2947

3758 3353 3353 3353

4167 4167 4167 3758

4572 4572 4572 4572

(Live Load between 150 - 190 kN/m. See Note 4.)

Cross-Section
Figure 2 Top of Road Fill Height Theoretical failure plane Granular backfill Subdrain 3

Lightweight and versatile, Bin-Walls bolt together on site. Easily. Quickly. They make for cost-effective bridge abutments and wing walls.

A combination of heavy rainfall (150 mm) and early snow melt resulted in the washout of the vital mountain access road. Armtecs Bin-Wall Bridge Abutments, Guard Rail and Geotextiles were installed to ensure the road was reopened on schedule. Elbow Falls and Bragg Creek, Alberta

Ministry of Natural Resources found Armtecs Bin-Wall Bridge Abutments an economical alternative to timber crib walls (saving approximately 20%). Bak Creek Nungessor Road, 100 Km north of Red Lake, Ontario

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