2008 Engineering Honorable Award:

US-24 Bridge Rehabilitation Over Rouge River
Dearborn, Michigan; Wade Trim

A post-tensioning system, rarely used for bridge rehabilitations, was developed in conjunction with an engineered backfill to reuse the US-24 bridge's existing abutments. New rehabilitation design approaches like this demonstrate how our infrastructure can be reused, rather than replaced, and provide the added benefit of a shortened construction schedule.