I-895

The I-895 over I-95 and the James River Project in Richmond, Virginia is part of the 8.8-mi. Route 895 Connector Project that will connect I-95 and I-295.

The $400 million high-level inter-change is being constructed under a design-build contract. The segmental bridges consist of the east and west approaches, the river crossing over the James River and three ramp structures. The approaches are pre-cast and built in balanced-cantilever. The west approach is being constructed with a self-launching over-head gantry. The ramps are precast and built span-by-span using a self-launching underslung erection truss. The river crossing has a 205 meter main span that is constructed cast-in-place in balanced cantilever using form travelers. The main span segments vary in depth from 12 to 4 meters and in width from 19 to 23.5 meters.

Construction of the nearly 200 cast-in-place two cell segments ranging in length from 3.96 to 4.88 meters was accomplished through simultaneous use of three pairs of form travelers. The first river crossing typical segment was cast in November of 2000. While most of the main piers consist of stiff twin-column arrangements, a single-column pier on the westbound bridge was stabilized during construction using a unique cable-stayed arrangement.