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- 1st Symposium - Florida State Conference Center, Talahassee, FL November 4, 1985 - November 5, 1985
- Session A: Electric Motors and Devices
- Movable Bridge Electrification
- Why Use Adjustable Frequency Control for Movable Bridge Drives
- Torque Characteristics of Wound Rotor Motors Used in Bridge Drive Systems
- Direct Current Bridge Drives
- Microprocessor Controlled DC Adjustable Speed Drives for Movable Highway Bridges
- Application Considerations for Adjustable Voltage AC SCR Movable Bridge Drives
- Automated Movable Bridge Drives
- Session B: Machinery and Mechanisms
- A Perspective from the Manufacturing, Assembly and Testing of Movable Bridge Components
- Comparison of AGMA and AASHTO Gear Ratings
- The Columbus Drive Bascule Bridge and Recommended Modifications to AASHTO Movable Bridge Specifications Related to Stress Concentrations in Keyways
- Air Motors for Emergency Span Operation
- AGMA Requirements for Movable Bridge Speed Reducers
- Bascule Bridge Locking Devices
- Session C: Structural
- Session D: Hydraulic Systems
- Advantages of Hydraulics for Movable Bridges
- Hydraulic Systems for Movable Bridges
- The Development of the Hydraulic Systems Designed from 1985 to the State of the Art Hydraulic Systems of Today
- Miami Avenue Over the Miami River
- Design Features of a Unique Swing Bridge Hydraulic and Control System
- Application of Hydroviscous Drives to Movable Bridges
- Session F: Design Criteria and Codes
- Session G: Maintenance and Recordkeeping
- Rehabilitation of a Scherzer Bascule Bridge
- Rehabilitation of a Scherzer Bascule Bridge Mechanical-Electrical Systems
- Maintainability of a Movable Bridge
- Nondestructive Testing in a Bridge Maintenance Program
- Maintenance Procedures for Electrical Controls on Movable Bridges
- Paper Trail from Inspection to Repair
- Session H: Bridge Control and Systems
- Microprocessor Controlled DC Adjustable Speed Drives for Movable Highway Bridges
- Application of Programmable Controllers for Automated Bridge Control
- Programmable Controller Communications to Remote I/O, An Alternative to Communications Conductors in Submarine Cable?
- Overview of Bridge Control Systems Past, Present and Future
- Design Considerations for Improved Operational Performance
- Drawbridge Control as a Total System Design
- Session J: Preventative Maintenance and Data Logging
- Session A: Electric Motors and Devices
- 2nd Symposium - Tradewinds Resort, St. Petersburg, FL November 10, 1987 - November 12, 1987
- Session A: The European Experience
- Moving Bridges
- Comparison of Mechanical and Hydraulic Drive Systems
- Shuaiba Maqal Road Bridge
- Designing and Executing Hydraulic Powerpacks
- The Hydraulic Cylinder: Functions, Motor, Structural, etc.
- Oil Hydruilic Drive System on the Herrenbrueche in Luebeck
- Bascule Bridges at the Berendrecht Lock in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium
- Bascule Bridge "Stade"
- Movable Bridges in Belgium
- Shatt-Al-Basrah Bridge A Swing Bridge with a Hydraulic Drive
- The Drives on the moving bridges at the Krüackau, Pinnau and Stör Barriers
- The Scharnebeck Shiplift
- Session B: Controls, Instrumentation, Communications & Electrical Drive Systems
- Rehabilitation of the Control System for the Twin Bascule Bridges at Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana
- Low Tech Control System for Swing Span Bridges
- Data Acquisition System for Movable Bridges
- Aerospace Technology Brought Down to Earth: Tilt Sensors Monitor Bridges for Critical Movement
- A Computerized Predictive Maintenance Program on a Trunnion Type Bascule Bridge
- Lightning Surge Supression Fundementals and Application
- Properties and Applications of Electric Linear Actuators
- Considerations for Maintenance for Movable Bridges. Why should I Protect My Investment
- Using VFD Technology to Improve Drawbridge Performance
- Session C: Mechanical Systems-Hydraulics & Mechanisms
- Trunnion Bascule Bridge Static Stabilizing Systems
- State of the Art Hydraulic Systems for Movable Bridges
- Recommended Revisions to Unit Stresses in Machinery Parts
- Inspection and Approval of Hydraulic Drive Machinery
- Operation and Maintenance of Hoisting Equipment for Flood Gates for Locks and Dams
- Field Welding for Bridge Rehabilitation
- Low Speed: High Torque Fluid Motor Drive for Movable Bridges
- Recommendations for Temporary and Permanent Installations of Bridge Navigation Lights and Reflective Materials
- Machinery Bases: Chemical Dependency
- Failure Analysis of High Strength Bolt's Loss of Tension on Two Movable Bridges
- Session D: Structures-Design & Maintenance
- Lightweight Bridge & Sidewalk Decking, New Products, New Designs, New Test Findings
- An Advanced Concept in the Design of Large Unorthodox Structures
- Case Study: Substitution of Exodermic Deck for Concrete Filled Grid on a Vertical Lift Highway Bridge
- Abnormal Movement of Bascule Bridges
- Navigation Locks on the Mississippi
- An Update on Evaluation Techniques and Repair Materials for Concrete Bridge Structures
- The Columbus Drive Bascule Bridge
- Hydraulic Cylinder Drives for Existing Movable Bridges
- Renovation of the Duluth Aerial Bridge
- Corrosion Mechanisms in the Deterioration of Exposed Bridge Steel
- Use and Misuse of Galvanized Structural Bolts
- Session E: Construction Controls-Methods, Scheduling & Cost
- Rehabilitation of a Railroad Swing Bridge Under Traffic
- Bascule Bridge Delay Claims-Problems and Recommendations
- Construction Control: A Method of Determining Traffic Alternatives
- Planning and Scheduling for Project Control (and Avoidance of Claims)
- U.S. Army and Marine Corps Development Programs for Assault and Tactical Bridges
- Inspection Manuals for Movable Bridges
- Contract Estimating System
- Connecticut Movable Railroad Bridge Rehabilitation Program
- Claims: Image from an Owner's Point of View
- Left Handed Bidding
- Construction Contracts: Median Bid
- Summary of ASME CIM Lecture
- Session F: Liability & Loss Prevention
- Session A: The European Experience
- 3rd Symposium - St. Petersburg Hilton & Towers, St. Petersburg, FL November 12, 1990 - November 15,
- Volume #1
- Mechanical Automatic Program Control for Low Velocity Machinery
- Balancing of Movable Bridges by the Strain Gauge Technique
- The Design of Drive Systems for Vertical Lift
- Electrical Cable of the Submarine Type
- Static Dissipation Lightning Protection for Movable Bridges
- Ruggedize or Rust Bridge Submarine Cables
- From Drum Switches to Microprocessors: A Case History
- Concrete Swing Bridge Construction Report
- Bonneville Lock and Dam Concrete Swing Bridge
- Comparison of Two Electrohydraulic Drives
- Lessons Learned from Marine Accidents with Movable Bridges
- Criteria for the Design of Bridge Fender Systems
- Design Features of a Unique Swing Bridge Hydraulic and Control System
- Emergency Pier Replacement at Choctawhatchee Bay Bridge
- Vessel Collision Design of Movable Bridges
- Volume #2
- Recommendations for Temporary & Permanent Installations of Bridge Navigation Lights and Reflective Material
- Classification of Structural Systems; Retractable Roofs for Stadia
- FEA of Movable, Deployable Roofs & Bridges
- Structural & Construction Features Burlington Northern RR Vertical Lift Bridge 5.1 Over the Willamette, River in Portland, Oregon
- Replacement of the Pequonnock (Peck) River RR Bridge & Bridgeport Viaduct in Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Major Rehabilitation of Jefferson and Jackson Street Movable Bridges
- A Proposed Scope for Movable Highway Bridge Machinery Inspection
- Standardizing Mechanical Inspections of Movable Bridges
- Strain Gauge Testing of Movable Bridge Brakes
- Development of a Prototype Remote Vibrational Monitoring System for Bridges
- New Developments in Hydraulic Cylinder Concept
- Steel Grid Research
- Using Airbags to Reposition a Damaged Rolling Lift Bascule
- Operational Tests of Swing Span with Multiple Independent Span Drives
- The Need for Single Failure Proof Design for the Movable Structures
- Volume #3
- Lock Systems and Lock Gate Systems
- Seabreeze Bridge Emergency Repairs
- Two New Hydraulic Systems for Florida Bridges
- Replace Electrical Torque Control Drive System with an Automatic Hydraulic Speed Control System
- Mezelet Dam: Turkey
- ..Centenarian...Sea Lock/North Baltic Sea Canal
- Improved Braking for Movable Bridges with Hydraulic Driver Mechanisms
- Bascule Bridge Over the Oste at Geverdorf
- Ship-Lifting Devices; An Explanation of Types
- Martinsvile Hydoelectric Power: Fast Draft Tube Gate
- Self-Destruction of a Strauss Bascule Bridge
- Gritty Grease Can Cause Big Problems
- Design Criteria for Shafts and Open Gearing on Movable Bridges
- Salvaging Large Gears by Non-Standard Re-Cutting
- Anti-Friction Bearings as Used on Movable Bridges
- Volume #4
- Adapting the Proposed AASHTO Controlled Shot Peening Specification to Movable Bridges
- Bascule Bridge Activated by a Cable System
- Torque Won't Discover 'Loose' Bolts
- State of the Art Mechanical Gear Systems
- Bolted Connections for Machinery; A Case Study
- Cost and Time Savings Through Shop Assembly of Movable Bridge Components Traditionally Field Assembled
- Rehabilitation of Two Railroad Swing Bridges for Amtrak
- Rehabilitation of Three 70 Yr. Old Bascule Bridges
- State Street Bascule Bridge: A Single Leaf Span over the Root River in Racine, Wis.
- Replacement and Rehabilitation of Three Four-Leaf Bascule Spans
- Who Resolves the Problems?: A Resident Engineer's Viewpoint
- The Shop Drawing Process: Who is Communicating with Whom?
- The Danziger Vertical Lift Bridge
- Rehabilitation of the Saga Bridge
- A Four Lane Lift Bridge
- Mechanical and Electrical Systems Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge at Portland
- In-House Reconstruction of the One Hundred Year Old Carroll Street Bridge
- Volume #1
- 4th Symposium - Sheraton Design Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL November 10, 1992 - November 12, 1992
- Session
- Modern Rehab. Alternatives for Hopkins Trunnion Bascule Bridge
- Rehabilitation of the Manhattan Bridge Travelers
- Niantic River and Stoneferry Bridges and PLC Controls
- Design/Analysis of Mechanism...Using Math-Solver Software
- PLC's Provide Complete Automatic Control of Movable Bridges
- Replacing Swing with Vertical Lift to Modify RR Bridge
- What Amount (Stress Reduction) Benefits Fatigue Life?
- Service Life Movable Bridges: 2nd Edition
- Field Bolt Tension Measurements
- Balancing of Movable Bridges: The Strain Gage Technique
- Teamwork and Planning Replace Mechanical and Electrical System-RR Bridge
- Movable Bridges Versus Murphy's Law
- Rehabilitation of ASB Bridge, Kansas City, MO
- AC Adjustable Voltage vs Adjustable Frequency Control: Bridges
- Energy Absorbing Span Lock System
- Environmentally Safe Dluid for Hydraulics Used in Civil Engineering
- Errection of a Bascule Bridge Adjacent to an Operating Swing Bridge
- Failure of Automatic Skew Correction System
- Importance of Lubr/Flushing... Bascule Trunnion Bearings
- Rehabilitation of the Hanover Street over the Patapsco River
- Repair of Counterweight Trunnion Bearing
- Trunnion Alignment on Bascule Bridges
- Vertical Lift Bridge Trunnion Replacement
- Session
- 5th Symposium - Holiday Inn Surfside, Clearwater, FL November 2, 1994 - November 4, 1994
- Session
- Hydraulics of an Unbalanced Bridge
- New Concepts of Hydraulically Operated Steel Structures
- The Bascule Bridge for Seville, a New Concept of Hydraulic Control for Bridges
- Protection System Design for Equipment Reliability and Longevity
- Early Streamer Emission Lightning Protection Systems for Heavy Movable Structures/Movable Bridges
- Mechanical and Electrical Redundancy Considerations for Movable Bridge Systems
- The Application of Triple Modular Redundant (TMR) Programmable Logic Controls (PLC) to a Heavy Movable Structure
- Standardization Leads to Modular Control Design for Movable Bridges
- Bridge Drive Systems Incorporating Hydraulic Motors and Gear Reducers
- Drive System Replacement on Main Street Lift Bridge Jacksonville, Florida 1994
- Application of the Dragnet Vehicle Arresting Barrier to Movable Bridges
- Temporary Movable Bridges
- Overcoating Structural Steel Containing Lead Based Paints: An Economical Alternative to Total Removal and Containment
- Narrow Entry Waterway Protection
- Emergency Replacement of Deformed, Crystallized Scherzer Tread Plates
- Spherical Roller Bearings Design as Used on Movable Bridges
- Grid Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck Overlay Choices for Movable Bridges
- Observations and Comments: AASHTO Design Practices for Movable Bridge Operating Machinery
- Strain Gage Method for Clutch Adjust of Vertical Lift Bridges
- Speed Reducer: Failure Investigation and Analysis
- 100 Tons of Molten Steel: A Heavy Movable Structure
- 145th Street Bridge Repair
- Rolling Lift Repairs
- The Design and Construction of Mutford Bridge and Associated Works
- Stabilization of Double Leaf Bascule Bridges
- Seismic Retrofit and Refurbishment of the Ballard Bascule Bridge Seattle, Washington
- The Tarentum Bridge Paint Project: Case Study
- Ninth Street Bridge: Constraints in all Directions
- Test Results of the Bridge Balancing by the Strain Gage Technique of a Vertical Lift Bridge in Hannibal Missouri
- Remember the Past to Inspire the Future
- Hydraulic Lifting System for Kingston Ferry Terminal Passenger Loading Ramp
- The Development, Installation and Monitoring of Smart Bolts for Bridges
- Proof of New Cylinder Technology in Movable Structures
- The Galata Bridge in Istanbul, the Biggest Bascule Bridge in the World
- Considerations on the Design of Speed Reducers for Movable Bridges
- Session
- 6th Symposium - DoubleTree Resort Surfside, Clearwater Beach, FL October 30, 1996 - November 1, 1996
- Session
- Guidelines for Selecting Spherical Roller Bearing for Heavy Movable Structures
- Guidelines for Selecting Spherical Roller Bearing for Heavy Movable Structures
- Rehabilitation of the Dorset Avenue Bridge over Inside Thorofare, Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
- Case History 8th Street Bascule Bridge
- E.D. Sawyer's Legacy: Barrier Gate Rehabilitation
- Span Lock Failure: A Case Study
- SpanUse of Temporary Acrow Panel Lift Bridge at the Tomlinson Bridge Project in New Haven, Connectic
- First Avenue South Bascule Bridge, Seattle, Washington
- Aerial Bridge Emergency Counterweight Sheave Assemble Repairs
- Emergency Repair of a 7 Million Pound Swing Span (I-Street Bridge Center Bearing Repairs)
- Controlling Proportional Valve Amplifier Cards: Methods and Practice
- Strain Gage Bridge Balancing with a New Twist
- Understanding Thruster Technology and Performance Benefits
- New Anti-Fretting Wear Test for Greases
- Exodermic Bridge Deck on Bascule Bridges
- Libby Street Bridge, Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada
- The Temporary Bridge of 17th Street Causeway
- Bascule Bridges: Functionality, Elegance and Durability
- The Replacement of the Ocean Avenue Bascule Bridge
- Economical and Functional Steel Details
- Rehabilitation of a Bascule Bridge Without Interruption of Marine or Vehicular Traffic
- Rehabilitation of the Stratford Avenue Bridge Over the Yellowmill Channel
- Drive System Replacement of the Tarpon Docks Bridge
- Hydraulic Drive System for Bascule Bridges
- HydraHydraulic Slewing Drives for the Coleman Swing Span Bridge
- Design Considerations for Bridge Hydraulics
- Hydraulic Lifting System for SR 520 Bridge, Seattle, Washington
- Unique Moving Bridge on the A29 Motorway, LeHavre, France
- Hydraulic Systems for Movable Bridges: Seminar Lesson Plan
- Flux Vector Drive Application on a Movable Bridge
- A Comparison of the 1988 AASHTO Electrical Requirements and the National Electric Code
- Torque Characteristics of Wound-Rotor Motors, Revisited
- Logistical Considerations of Submarine Cable Installations
- A Century of Progress with Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule Bridges, Historical Development of Movable Bridges, Part II
- The Selection and Evolution of the Chicago Type Trunnion Bascule Bridge, Historical Development of Movable Bridges, Part III
- Ford Island Bridge, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- The George P. Coleman Bridge Reconstruction, Yorktown, Virginia
- Development of a "Manual for Inspection, Evaluation and Maintenance of Movable Bridges"
- Overcoating Sixteen Interstate Bridges in Kentucky for Less Than $1.50 per Square Foot
- Construction and Collapse of An Early Cable-Stayed Bridge with a Movable Span
- 106th Street Bascule Bridge: Emergency Repairs
- Aesthetic Engineering: A Unique Solution for a Signature Bascule Bridge
- New Design Features and Guidelines for Hydraulic Cylinders
- Session
- 7th Symposium - Grosvenor Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL November 4, 1998 - November 6, 1998
- Session
- Suez Canal Swing Bridge
- Seismic Performance of Movable Bridges
- Better Electrical Documents Allow Quicker Construction and Fewer Claims
- Rehabilitation of the 1st Avenue South Bascule Bridge
- Hydraulic Drive Solution for the Popps Ferry Bridge
- Technical Aspects of Control Houses on Movable Bridges
- Wire Rope Replacement at Broadway Bridge
- Conversion of a Railroad, Center Pivot Swing Span to Rim Bearing Under Traffic
- Rehabilitation of a Railroad Swing Span Under $800,000
- Load Sharing of Vertical Lift Machinery
- Coating Systems for Marine and Immersion Applications
- Hydraulic System for a Large Movable Bridge
- Hydraulic Drives for Bridges Considering the New DIN Standard 19704
- Design of Optimized Seals for Leak Free hydraulic Cylinders for Movable Bridges
- Development of the Movable Bridge Balance Program
- AC Motors Replace Hydraulics and DC Motors for Heavy Structures
- A Structurally Efficient and Aesthetic Bascule Leaf Design for the 17th Street Causeway Bridge
- A Quickly Deployable Emergency Bridge Lift System
- Single Leaf: Integral Trunnion Bridge
- The Use and Abuse of Bypass Switches
- Movable Bridge Rehabilitation in Florida: Four Case Studies
- Replacement of the Ocean Avenue (SR 804) Bascule Bridge
- An Overview of NCHRP 12-44-Proposed Recommended Specifications for Movable Highway Bridges
- The Rehabilitation of the Arthur Kill Lift Bridge
- Rejuvenating Movable Bridges
- Applications of Bearings in Heavy Movable Structures
- Bearing the Bascule: Erasmus Bridge
- Replacement of a Conmbined Pneumatic/Electric Control System with an All-Electric PLC Control System
- Applications of Hydraulic Jacks to Move Structures Including Heavy Movable Structures
- Repairs to Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge
- The Evolution, Analysis, Design and Construction of the Bascule Pier for the 17th Street Causeway Bridge
- Transient Lightning Protection of Outdoor Measurement and Control Circuits
- Inspection/Testing of Structural Steel and Machinery Components
- Aerial Cables/Droop Cables
- USCG Bridge Administration Program
- Mechanical Codes and Standards for Movable Bridges
- Session
- 8th Symposium - Grosvenor Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL November 8, 2000 - November 10, 2000
- Session
- Exodermic Bridge Deck on Movable Bridges: A Project Update
- Existing Movable Bridges Utilizing Orthotropic Bridge Decks
- Design-build of a Temporary Bascule Bridge With Steel Piers
- Rehabilitation of the State Route 103 Bridge / Movable Dam 5 over the Mowhawk River
- New Bascule Bridge Center Locks
- Full-Scale Testing of Trunnion Hub Girder Assemblies of Bascule Bridges
- Coupling Specifications for Heavy Equipment
- Bascule Bridge Machinery Design Review: An Owner's Perspective
- Alignment of Movable Bridge Components
- Digital Data Acquisition for Strain Gage Bridge Balancing
- Stone Harbor Bridge: Emergency Mechanical Repairs
- Safety in Hydraulic Cylinder Lifting Systems
- Environmentally Friendly Fluids for Successful Hydraulic Systems Operation
- Automation Systems for Locks and Dams Operating in Germany
- Frame Mounted Hydrostatic Drive System for the Whitehair Bridge
- Fail-Safe Control Systems for Heavy Movable Structures
- Factors to Consider When Developing an Electrical System Design Philosophy for a Movable Bridge Project
- Replacement of an Electrical Relay Based Control System and Distribution System to an Electric Control System with PLC and Solid State Drive Controllers on a Railroad / Highway Swing Span
- 17th Street Causeway Bridge: A Construction Update
- The New Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Design
- East Washington Avenue Bridge
- The Design and Construction of the Ninth Street Vertical Lift Bridge in Brooklyn
- Irondequiot Bay Outlet Bridge: Not Just Another Pretty Fascia
- Suez Canal Bridge at El Ferdan
- Design Considerations for Replacement of Two Historic AMTRAK Movable Bridges
- Movable Bridge Type Selection
- U.S. Coast Guard's Bridge Administration Program
- Innovative Design Solutions to Meet Client Requirements on a Movable Bridge Rehabilitation
- Teams Tackles Complex BNSF Span Rehab
- The Effects of Balance, Friction and Control Sequencing on Span Skew and Seating During Lift Span Operation
- Maintaining the Course of a Rehabilitation Under a Changing Scope of Services
- Lubrication Practices for Heavy Movable Bridges
- Replacement of the Counterweight Ropes and Sheaves on the Rio Guaiba Bridge, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Cushionloks: An Overview After Five Years Successful Service
- Electrical and Mechanical Rehabilitation of the Conrail Calumet River Vertical Lift Bridge
- Session
- 9th Symposium - Adams Mark Resort, Daytona Beach, FL October 22, 2002 - October 24, 2002
- Session
- Milwaukee's New Knapp Street Towerless Veritcal Lift Bridge
- Dr. J. A. Waldell's Contributions to Vertical Lift Bridge Design
- Movable Versus Fixed: Wittpenn Bridge Replacement
- Design and Construction of the Tomlinson Vertical Lift Bridge
- An Over View of Washington State's Floating Concrete Pontoon Bridges
- That's a Vertical Left Bridge? Where are the Towers?
- Woodrow Wilson Bridge Bascule Span
- The History and Future of the City Waterway Lift Bridge
- Royal Park Bridge Replacement: Emergency Signature Bascule Bridge
- Vertical Lift Bridge Rehabilitation
- Health Motoring of the Retractable Roof of Safeco Field
- Deferred Maintenance and Its Effect on Movable Bridges
- Failure and Quick Recovery of Movable Bridge on the Acela Line
- Precision Survey of Bolt Hole Locations for Miller Rails Using Laser Tracking
- Cost Control on Bascule Bridge Construction; A Partnering Experience
- Chicago's Movable Bridges Maintenance, Operations and Capital Rehabilitation Studies
- Strain Gage Monitoring for Lower Chord Replacement at Marine Parkway Bridge
- Retrofit of the Christa McAuliffe Bridge
- Rehabilitation of the Little Current Swing Bridge Highway 6 at Manitoulin Island, Ontario
- Heat Straigthening Repairs for a Bascule Bridge
- Astor Bridge Rehabilitation
- A Case Study for the Application of Spherical Roller Bearings for Bascule Bridge Applications
- Historical Rock Island Swing Span Gets New Treads After 106 Years of Service
- Advances in the Design of Coupled Mechanical-Structural Systems
- Installation and Handling of Large Bore Element Bearings in Movable Structures
- A Study of Gremlins
- Parametric Analysis and Ultimate Testing of Bascule Trunnion Assemblies
- Emergency Counterweight Sheave Trunnion Replacement at NS Bridge CD182.30
- Machinery Rehabilitation for Main Street Bridge, Daytona Beach, Florida
- San Fransisco Cable Car Turntable Rehabilitation: The Little Swing Bridge
- Alignment of the Machinery for Tower Drive Vertical Lift Bridges
- Fatigue Life Extension of Main Counterweight Sheave Trunnions
- Remote Monitoring of New and Existing Lift Bridges
- Load Sharing for Movable Bridge Motors and Drives
- Eliminating Submarine Cable Use in Movable Bridge Electrical Systems
- Computerized Simulation Optimizes Hydraulic Drive System
- CEC: Ceramax Engineered Coatings
- Environmentally Preferable Lubricants and Fuels in Movable Structures
- Guangong Hainan Railway Corridor Qionghou Strait Train Ferry Project in South China
- Session
- 10th Symposium - Omni Orlando Resort at Champions Gate, Orlando, FL October 25, 2004 - October 28, 2004
- Session
- Innovative Design Concepts for Boston's New Chelsea Street Bridge
- Sheridan Street Bascule Bridge Repair
- Lift-Slide Drawbridge with the Varying Force Counterweight
- Plain Journal Machinery Bearings Subjected to Heavy Loads
- Replacement of the Route 7 Bridge over the Passaic River
- Balancing and Synchronizing a Twin Leaf Bascule Bridge Composed of Six Leaves
- East Half Replacement: Hood Canal Bridge
- Inspection, Assessment and Repair of Movable Bridges for Local Authorities Using a System Approach
- The Future of New York City's Waterways and Movable Bridges
- Unique Way of Replacing Main Counterweight Ropes Burlington Canal Bridge
- Replacement of the Third Avenue Bridge Over the Harlem River
- Reconstruction of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge Over the Maumee River-Toledo, Ohio-Planning, Design and Construction Considerations
- Spuyten Duyvil Emergency Response to Navigation Strikes
- Reconstruction of the Third Avenue Bridge Over the Harlem River in New York City
- Design and Construction Challenges of the Alteration of the Florida Avenue Bascule Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana with a Vertical Lift Bridge Under the Truman Hobb's Act
- Electronic Bridge Span Monitoring
- Two Temporary Vertical Lift Bridges on Route 3A over the Fore River, Ma
- "A Comparison of Steel Castings vs. Forgings for Long Structural Components" or "How to Separate Fact from Fiction"
- Foundation Strengthening of Bascule Piers at the Bridge of Lions
- Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Roosevelt Island Vertical Lift Bridge
- BNSF Bridge 14.2 Live Load Bearing Replacement
- Energy Absorbing Live Load Shoes and Anchorages for Bascule Bridges
- Innovative Design of Linkage-Counterweight Ferry Transfer Span System
- Swing Bridges over the Lower Harlem River New York City
- Rehabilitation of the Historic Bridge of Lions
- Stillwater Vertical Lift Bridge Rehabilitation
- Miller Park: Pivot Bearing Replacement
- End Lift Machinery for Swing Bridges (There's More Than One Way to Lift a Span)
- Design of Machinery for Pamunkey Bridge (Route 33 Over Pamunkey River, West Point, VA)
- Millennium Transfer Span Operating Machinery, a Standard Approach
- Adjustable Speed Solid State Drives for Heavy Movable Structures
- Generator Selection for Movable Bridges
- Movable Bridge Control Systems: Simulation, Testing, Verification and Methods
- Induction Motor Control
- Reliable Sensing for Heavy Moving Structures
- Safe Drive and Control System for Movable Link Spans and Passenger Walkways
- Computerized Simulation Optimizes Hydraulic Drive System Design and Performance
- Best Practices and Common Pitfalls with Hydraulic Drive Systems
- Moving Heavy Structures with Pump Controlled Hydraulics
- Repair and Redesign of the Spokane Street Bridge Lift / Turn Cylinders
- Hydraulic Drive for Great Bridge
- Moving and Controlling of Very Large Unstable Structure in a Submerged Water Environment
- Development of Low Speed High Torque Hydraulic Motors and Direct Drive Technology for HMS
- Session
- 11th Symposium - DoubleTree Hotel at Universal Studios, Orlando, FL November 6, 2006 - November 9, 2006
- Session
- Thinking Outside the Box: Using Small Diameter Sheaves
- Failure of the Control System on the East Half of the Hood Canal Bridge
- Monitoring of Motor and Machinery Brake Status and Performance on Heavy Movable Structures
- Corrosion Prevention on Motor and Machinery Brakes Installed on Heavy Movable Structures
- The Future in Movable Bridge Control: Fault Tolerant PLC and Remote Operation and Maintenance
- Relay Based Control Logic Applications and Troubleshooting Methodologies
- Construction on the PGA Boulevard Bascule Bridge
- The Rehabilitation of a Water Control Structure: S310 Navigational Lock
- Inspection and Repair of Louisiana Movable Bridges Damaged by Hurricane Katrina and Rita
- In Place Machining of Trunnion Journals on Bascule Bridge Rehabilitation
- Challenges of a Design-Build Bascule Bridge Rehabilitation
- Unique Florida Swing Bridge Replacement
- More Existing Movable Bridges Utilizing Orthotropic Bridge Decks
- Miter Rail Improvements: Union Pacific "I" Street and Martinez Bridge
- Bascule Leaf Fabrication and Erection Tolerances: Where Structure Meets Machine
- Replacement of 50 Year Old Drive Motors
- Unique Operating Mechanism for a Bascule Bridge
- Assembly and Erection of Pamunkey River Bridge Bascule Span
- Mechanical Component of the Residential Engineering and Inspection Program for the Replacement of the Third Avenue Bridge
- Bridge of Lions Temporary Bridge Movable Span
- Erie Canal Lift Bridges Historic Towerless Lift Bridges and How They Work
- Indoor / Outdoor Tennis Stadium Caja Magica in Madrid
- Temporary Bridge Construction with an Acrow Lift Bridge
- Session
- 12th Symposium - Caribe Royal, Orlando, FL November 3, 2008 - November 6, 2008
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