ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: In December 2002, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet let a contract for the rehabilitation and painting of the 70 year-old historic Simon Kenton Suspension Bridge in Maysville, Kentucky. Part of the rehabilitation included a full sidewalk and deck replacement for the main suspension spans. As an alternate to the contract sequence, the low-bid contractor proposed a different sequence of deck replacement. In order to satisfy contract requirements, an analysis was required to show that the alternate deck replacement sequence would have no adverse effects on the structure. This paper details the three-dimensional nonlinear analysis that was done to show that this bridge could endure the alternate deck replacement sequence proposed for its renewal.
