Full-scale field tests of soil-steel bridge structure in two stages of its construction

The paper presents the test procedures used for static load testing of a single-span road bridge, made from Super Cor corrugated steel plates, over the Bystrzyca Dusznicka River in Szczytna Zdrój, Poland, and the analysis of the results obtained. The conclusions drawn from this research can be useful for engineering practice, particularly for determining the interaction between the steel corrugated-plate shell structure and the surrounding soil, and they can be extended to the whole class of such bridge designs.