An Overview of the Development of Stress Laminated Cellular Timber Bridge Decks for Short to Medium Span Applications in Australia

Abstract

Stress laminated timber bridge deck technology has been established in Australia since 1991, resulting in the construction of over 40 prototype bridges. This paper presents an overview of the R&D undertaken to implement this technology, involving laboratory testing and field application of plate decks spanning up to 9m and high capacity cellular decks spanning 12m, with the potential to span up to 30m.