Road Bridge Grating in Cantilever? 1

[Logan82]

Hi,
Is it normal to see a grating working in cantilever on a road bridge? I have never seen footbridge grating work in cantilever, but I am not sure for road bridges.

 

[dik]

I guess it depends on the grating and the loads on the guardrail... it can be made to work, but not the best way to do it, perhaps.

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-Dik

 

[Logan82]

Thank you dik! Appreciated! I will ask to study this part of the bridge more.

 

[JLNJ]

You would want to be extremely careful that there is no way for the grating to lift off when there’s a load out on the cantilever. For example, if a vehicle were positioned at an angle, the might be a wheel load out on the cantilever and no wheel load on the back span. Could be catastrophic. That grating has little to no two-way action.