Preliminary Damage Reports on Bridges

Preliminary Damage Reports describe the scope of structural damage to bridges along the Gulf coast, from Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans, Louisiana.

The reports include a brief description of damage and photographs of the bridge being assessed. In addition, links to a GPS database hosted at Cornell University, a Data Collection Form used in the field (in Excel format), and additional photographs are available for some of the sites visited.

• The bridge reconnaissance team also took seven videos of bridge damage along the Gulf Coast.

Team Members: Jerome O’Connor, MCEER and Paul McAnany, volunteer professional engineer

Reconnaissance Dates: September 6-11, 2005

Sites Visited:

Alabama

• Cochrane-Africatown Bridge, Mobile, Alabama
• US 90 to I-10 Interchange over Mobile Bay, Baldwin County, Alabama

Mississippi

• Aerial View of Biloxi Bay, Biloxi, Mississippi
• Interstate 10 (I-10) Eastbound, near Pascagoula, Mississippi
• Interstate 10 (I-10) Westbound, near Pascagoula, Mississippi
• Interstate 110 (I-110) Northbound over Back Bay of Biloxi, Mississippi
• Old Bridge Parallel to I-110 over Back Bay of Biloxi, Mississippi
• Railroad Bridge over Biloxi Bay, Mississippi
• US 90, Mississippi
• US 90, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
• US 90 Eastbound, Pass Christian to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
• Pedestrian Bridge over US 90, Gulfport, Mississippi
• US 90 over Biloxi Bay, Mississippi
• Old Route over Biloxi Bay North of US 90, Mississippi

Louisiana

• Interstate 10 (I-10), New Orleans, Louisiana
• Interstate 10 (I-10) over Lake Pontchartrain, Orleans Parrish, Louisiana
• Route 11 Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain, Orleans Parrish, Louisiana
• Multi-Span Bridge over US 90, Near East Pearl River, Louisiana
• US 90 - Pavement Damage, near Slidell, Louisiana
• US 90 over Chef's Pass, Orleans Parrish, Louisiana

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