Considerations in the Planning and Design of Bridges in Ice-Affected Rivers: A Review

Bridge infrastructure assets should be planned, designed, constructed, and operated to account for the physical processes that may occur over their service lives. In ice-affected rivers, this includes interaction of bridge with river ice. Advancements in river-ice science modelling ice ice-covered rivers has enhanced abilities civil / hydrotechnical engineers plan, design, construct bridges along seasonal covers. paper, an overview is presented ice-related considerations respect bridges. The bottom-chord elevation superstructure water levels, pier design withstand forces, waterway opening passage, ice-induced scour, research needs are discussed. However, as outlined on loads passage at sites, hydroclimatic conditions led damage failure remains needed.