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Experience in Monitoring the State of the Load-Bearing Structure of Prestressed Concrete Bridge to Extend Its Operation Cover

Experience in Monitoring the State of the Load-Bearing Structure of Prestressed Concrete Bridge to Extend Its Operation

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Number of road bridges depending on the year of construction, comparison of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete bridges

Figure 2:

Number of road bridges depending on the year of construction, comparison of cast-in-situ and prefabricated concrete bridges

Figure 3:

View of the bridge on Bojnicka Street

Figure 4:

Longitudinal section of the bridge, dimensions in [m]

Figure 5:

Transverse section of the bridge with intermediate support, dimensions in [cm]

Figure 6:

View on the substructure with temporary support of the crossbeam

Figure 7:

View of corroded prestressing wires

Figure 8:

Cross-section of the girder KA-67 with reinforcement and prestressing tendons, dimensions in [cm]

Figure 9:

Positioning of deflection gages and testing load in the most unfavourable position

Figure 10:

Comparison of measured deflections and theoretical predictions for the most unfavourable load position

Figure 11:

a) Detailed inspection of critical sections, b) the most unfavourable position of the load during the load test

Comparison of the bending moments and deflections between standard and test loads

Effect of loadLoadingEffectiveness
Design EnTest EtestEtest/(En) [-]
Bending moments520 kN.m293 kN.m0.563
Deflection(EI)1 = 1299 MN.m212.6 mm7.20 mm0.571
(EI)2 = 1489 MN.m210.5 mm5.93 mm0.565

Load-bearing capacity of the bridge deck

AssessmentLineLevel of prestressNormal capacityExclusive capacity
kz,n [-]Vn [t]kz,r [-]Vr [t]
Stress in concrete limitation SLS1100 %0.9530.41.0291.8
285 %0.5818.60.6154.9
370 %0.196.10.1816.2
450 %0000
Bending resistance ULS5100 %1.71754.91.560140.4
685 %1.43746.01.305117.5
770 %1.07134.30.97387.6
850 %0.52816.90.47943.1
Shear resistance ULS9100 %1.1637.11.16104.4
1085 %0.9329.80.9181.9
1170 %0.7323.40.6962.1
1250 %0.4313.70.3632.4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2026-0036 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6512 | Journal ISSN: 1336-5835
Language: English
Page range: 346 - 357
Submitted on: Aug 18, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 10, 2025
Published on: Mar 24, 2026
Published by: University of Žilina
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2026 Viktor Borzovič, Jaroslav Halvonik, Peter Paulik, published by University of Žilina
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.