The Bridge-in-a-Backpack is a lightweight, corrosion resistant system for short to medium span bridge construction using FRP composite arch tubes that act as reinforcement and formwork for cast-in-place concrete. The arches are easily transportable, rapidly deployable and do not require the heavy equipment or large crews needed to handle the weight of traditional construction materials.

To date six Maine bridges have been built using the Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology. Several bridge projects are planned for 2011 throughout New England and beyond.

This technology is currently licensed to Advanced Infrastructure Technologies. For more information, please contact Advanced Infrastructure Technologies.

Media

• Bridge to the Future
• Building a Bridge to (and of) the Future

  Factsheet

• Bridge-in-a-Backpack
  
• Bridges Constructed in Maine

Research Partners

• Advanced Infrastructure Technologies, LLC
• Maine Department of Transportation
• U.S. Army Natick Soldier RD & E Center

 Center Contact

• Keenan Goslin, P.E., Structural Engineer

  Keenan.goslin@umit.maine.edu

   

  207-581-2102

 Graduate Students

• Daniel Bannon, Imad El-Chiti, Heather Parry, Joshua Tomblin and Harold Walton