Concrete Bridge Rails

Save a tremendous amount of time and money by using Welded Wire Reinforcement for your Bridge Rail Reinforcement. The higher yield strength available in WWR, allow you to reduce the amount of steel required in your Bridge Rail, in either a precast or cast-in-place application. Larger diameter wires at variable spaces can provide a reinforcing system that is capable of reducing steel placing time by a significant amount.

The use of a mesh bender allows you to reinforce Bridge Rail of almost any shape. Large sheets of WWR can be bent to fit the various shapes of the Bridge Rail meeting tight tolerances. Sheets as long as 30 feet have been used in some states, cutting the placing time to a fraction of the time to tie individual rebars. Large projects or small can be either supplied by truckloads of bent sheets or in flat sheets that can be bent near the job site.

When large diameter wires are available, the designer has the option of using a wire that is much stiffer and holds its shape to meet tight tolerance requirements. Ivy Steel & Wire has the capability of providing just the right size for your job.

The anchorage of the reinforcing to the bridge deck can be accomplished in several ways. The variable spacing of the wires allows them to come within acceptable distance of the protruding deck steel to be anchored by lapping. In some states anchorage reinforcement of WWR is embedded in the deck slab to match the spacing of the bridge rail reinforcement.