SECTION 500 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES
501 PRELIMINARY DESIGN
During the preliminary design stage, the grade
and the alignment of the temporary structure
must be established and shown on the Site
Plan. The roadway width, hydraulic design,
clearance requirements, and all other design
parameters must also be determined in
conjunction with the development of the
preliminary design. When the temporary
structure can adequately be shown on the Site
Plan for the permanent bridge, a Site Plan for
the temporary structure is not required. The
required Site Plan information shall be as
detailed in Section 200. A preliminary design
submittal is required and the submission shall
be made concurrently with the permanent
structure preliminary design submittal.
Provisions for pedestrian traffic on the
temporary structure shall be considered. If
warranted, sidewalks on temporary structures
generally should be a minimum of 1200 mm
wide. Roadway width for two way traffic on
the temporary bridge is normally not less than
7000 mm face to face of guardrail or toe to toe
of parapet.
501.1 HYDRAULICS
The temporary bridge shall be designed to
accommodate the 5 year storm. Upstream
flooding and stream velocities produced by
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the temporary structure need to be considered
when determining the structure waterway
opening. Scour depths for the 5 year storm
shall be calculated and must be accounted for
in the design of the temporary bridge.
The designer shall show the water surface
elevation and velocity of the 5 year storm on
the temporary structure plans. The temporary
bridge superstructure shall clear the 5 year
storm.
Culvert pipes may be used in lieu of a bridge
structure provided controls specified in
Section 1006 of the ODOT Location and
Design Manual are not exceeded for the 5 year
storm.
502 DETAIL DESIGN
The temporary structure detail plans shall be
complete and independent of the permanent
structure plans. The temporary structure detail
plans shall include a general elevation plan,
general notes, a table of estimated quantities,
a reinforcing steel bar list and all necessary
detail plan sheets. Provide a detailed list of
the estimated quantities with individual pay
items for the temporary structure. Final bid
item shall be temporary structure Lump Sum.
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Temporary bridge structures shall be designed
to withstand the same loads as the permanent
structure as defined in the current AASHTO
Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges
and this Manual. These loads and forces shall
include, but not be limited to, dead load,
MS18 live load with impact, wind, thermal
effects, centrifugal effect, earth pressure,
buoyancy, ice pressure, stream current,
longitudinal and transverse forces and erection
stresses.
For ice pressure loads, the thickness of ice
shall be assumed to be 150 mm, with a 1.4
MPa effective ice strength. The force shall be
assumed to act at the 5 year highwater level.
The temporary bridge plans shall show all the
yield and/or allowable stresses used in the
design. An increase of the allowable stresses
over AASHTO requirements or this Manual is
not permitted.
Generally a temporary structure should be
designed to be easily constructed and removed
with minimal cost. The following items
should be considered when designing a
temporary bridge:
A. Timber decks, H pile bents, and simple
spans are commonly used.
B. Locally available lumber should be
specified. The allowable design unit
stresses of the lumber used in the design
shall be specified in the plans. State
whether timber sizes are full sawn or
standard dressed sizes.
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C. The nominal thickness of wood plank or
strip floor shall be 75 mm minimum.
D. Timber floors shall be securely fastened
to the stringers and stringers shall be
securely fastened to the pier and
abutment caps.
E. When circumstances permit, all or part
of the existing bridge may be used for
the run-around.
F. Guardrail, posts and anchorages shall be
designed to resist loads specified in
AASHTO. Post spacing shall not exceed
1905 mm center to center. In lieu of
guardrail, precast concrete barriers
(Standard Drawing PCB-91M) may be
used provided they are anchored
properly to the structure.
G. Field welded connections shall require
nondestructive testing as per 513/863.
Bolted connections are preferred and
generally are more economical.
H. Designs which minimize debris
accumulation should be considered.
I. Shop drawings are not required.
Adequate plan details need to be
provided.
503 GENERAL NOTES
The designer should provide plan note(s) with
the Temporary Structure plans similar to the
following:
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The Contractor may substitute used or
alternate members for the members shown
on the Temporary Structure Plans,
provided that the members structural
adequacy is equal to or greater than the
original member. Waterway opening size
and required clearances are to be
maintained. The Contractor shall submit
to the Department calculations by a
registered professional engineer showing
the substituted member qualifies for the
substitution. Only new bolts shall be
used.
Structural steel need not be painted.
For each individual project the general notes
and the pay item descriptions shall be
developed. The following instructions are
provided to assist in developing the necessary
general notes.
When 513/863 Structural Steel is specified in
the plans, only the following CMS
descriptions shall apply:
Straightening 513.06/863.12
Holes for High-Strength and Bearing
Bolts 513.14/863.20
High Strength Steel Bolts, Nuts and
Washers 513.15/863.21
Welding 513.17/863.23
Nondestructive Testing 513.21/863.27
Shipping, Storage and Erection
513.22/863.28
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When 511 Class "C" is specified in the plans
CMS 511.15 shall be waived.
The following notes shall be included in the
Structure General Notes. In the roadway plans
the pay item description "614 Maintenance of
Traffic" shall include an "as per Plan."
Coordination with the roadway plans for this
item is required.
MAINTENANCE: The Contractor shall
maintain all portions of the temporary
structure in good condition with regard to
strength, safety and ridability. This shall be
included as incidental to 614 Maintenance
of Traffic. The waterway opening shown on
the plans shall be maintained at all times. If
debris accumulates within the waterway
opening or on any part of the structure the
debris shall be promptly removed by the
Contractor. Removal of debris will be
compensated for as per CMS 109.04.
CLOSING OF THE TEMPORARY
STRUCTURE: If for any reason or at any
time the temporary structures ability to
safely carry traffic is in question, the
Contractor shall be responsible for
immediately taking the actions necessary to
protect traffic, repairing and reopening the
temporary structure. When a Contractor
closes a temporary structure he shall
immediately notify the Engineer and the
appropriate law enforcement agency. Water
elevations exceeding the 5 year highwater
elevation or an excessive accumulation of
debris within the waterway opening shall
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be sufficient reasons to close the temporary

structure. The 5 year highwater elevation
shall be painted with fluorescent paint on
the temporary structure, at a visible location.
This shall be included as incidental to 614
Maintenance of Traffic, as per plan.

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