Dayton Fifth Street Bridge

The new $6.7-million structure is a five-span concrete-girder bridge with a sub-structure featuring 10,500 linear feet of tube piling and 2,950 cubic yards of cast-in-place concrete.

In order for the new structure to blend with its surroundings, and to have a similar appearance of the former seven-span, concrete spandrel-filled arch bridge, Kokosing gave the replacement bridge’s piers an aesthetic detail on the pre-cast beam ends. Aesthetic details were also performed on the ODOT-standard girders, as the fascia girders were given an arched appearance; this arched appearance required girders to be shored at mid-span during construction and to be spliced and post-tensioned due to the bridge’s weight and trucking limits. The Fifth Street Bridge also features cast-in-place decking and ornamental railing.