Features and Benefits by Application
AlumaBridge aluminum decking offers unmatched advantages in a variety of solid surface lightweight deck applications.
Additional benefits are designed for specific uses (see chart below). All AlumaBridge applications include these advantages:
Roadway Specific Features and Benefits
• Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) ready – saves project time & money
• Isotropic or orthotropic design capability
• Composite or non-composite connection to beams
• Robust design, capable of HS-20 and HL-93 loading
• Mechanical friction connections
• Able to cantilever 3.5’
• Designed for infinite fatigue life using AASHTO Specifications
• Meets AASHTO LRFD (Load Resistant Factor Design)
• Bridge Code compliant in U.S. and Canada
Rapid Deployment – Prefabricated bridges for shipment over the road
• Easy to handle/maneuver at site
• 18 to 23 pounds per square foot (depending on wearing surface thickness)
• Prefabricated/modular construction
• 100-year bridge life potential
• Maintenance-free, never needs painting
• Can be designed and installed transversely or longitudinally
• Deck strength mirrors monolithic concrete
• Solid 2-part epoxy wearing surface is skid resistant (0.89 – 0.9 friction coefficient)
• Wearing surface can be removed and reapplied in field for sustainability
• Girder spacing up to 9’
• Girder/stringer reuse potential
• Profitably recycled
• Friction Stir Welded construction with tougher welds and less heat distortion
• Meets American Welding Society (AWS) D1.2 requirements
• Meets AASHTO LRFD (Load Resistant Factor Design)
Factory Flooring Industrial Applications
• Elevated Flooring
• Temporary and Moveable Flooring
• Mezzanines
• Construction and Work Platforms
AlumaBridge Benefits by Application
