With more than 80 years of experience, U.S. Bridge has provided countless bridges to multiple communities around the world. One of which is in a remote area in Peru. The Liberty Series bridge project in Peru required a bridge that met two requirements: to be quickly deployable and can adjust to different lengths. U.S. Bridge Liberty Series Modular Panel Bridge was the perfect solution to help bridge the gap in this community.

U.S. Bridge Provides a Solution

Odebrecht, one of the largest construction companies in the world, is responsible for maintaining 955 km of major highways in Peru. Also, part of their responsibilities often require consulting on the necessity for bridges and bridge replacement. And that is exactly what they needed in Peru, a bridge replacement with specific requirements.

Thus, they turned to U.S. Bridge for this bridge replacement. Odebrecht was looking for a bridge that in the event of an emergency could be quickly deployable and could adjust to different lengths. Additionally, these bridges needed to have the structural integrity and flexibility to be temporary (8-10 months) or permanent.

This dual requirement meant that other “panel bridge” companies were not eligible to provide bridges that met Odebrecht’s needs. Also, typical panel bridges could not be left in place permanently without requiring very frequent and expensive maintenance.

Liberty Series Modular Panel Bridge

As the largest fabricator of steel truss bridges, U.S. Bridge had the perfect bridge solution. U.S. Bridge possesses not only the in-house engineering knowledge and capabilities to provide consultation services, but also the fabricating experience and product line to meet the customer’s requirements.

After visiting U.S. Bridge’s engineering and fabricating campus in Cambridge, Ohio, Odebrecht placed their initial order. This order was for a 55 m long x 3.66 m wide Liberty Series Modular Panel Bridge. The Liberty Series met all the criteria for the dual usage requirement as well as being capable of being launched or installed by crane. Ideal for Odebrecht, the Liberty Series modular panel bridge system was designed to adjust to different lengths by simply adding or removing existing panels.

According to Alberto Marotorelli, Vice President of Odebrecht,

“We like the professionalism exhibited by U.S. Bridge throughout the project as well as the exemplary level of services provided. The assembly and installation procedures were of the highest quality and better than anything we had seen from others in the past. They provided outstanding on-site installation supervision from a USB professional who has installed more than 500 bridges himself.”

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