PacRim Engineering is pleased to announce that we have joined the Architectural-Engineering Team led by Apexx Architecture LLC, a Bridge Architectural Specialist, recently selected by the City of Pasadena to work on the barrier enhancements project for the Colorado Street Bridge. This project will create preventative safety measures on the bridge to meet the objectives of the City and the Communities. Preventative safety concepts have been explored over the past few decades by the City. PacRim is thrilled to have the opportunity to play an important role in developing a final barrier enhancement solution for the City and the public for years to come.
The Colorado Street Bridge is a historical bridge in Pasadena, built in 1912, a major thoroughfare connecting Pasadena with Eagle Rock and Glendale to the West, and Monrovia to the East. The bridge spans 1,468 feet, over Arroyo Seco, with a maximum height of 150 feet, and is notable for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, light standards, and railings. The bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and is considered a distinguished landmark in Pasadena by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
PacRim serves as the bridge/structural engineer for the Team and will assess the structural integrity of the three proposed bridge barrier alternatives in this initial phase of the Project. We will provide a preliminary structural design of the proposed bridge barrier alternatives, ensure structural integrity, and review constructibility and design code compliance. Upon completing the initial phase, the Team looks forward to performing the detailed designs to implement the selected barrier enhancement solutions.
PacRim wants to recognize the following PacRim staff for their involvement in this project: Lead Structural Engineer, Shenping Chou, PhD, PE; Loay Bahadur, EIT; Abbas Roopawala, EIT; Dilip Prajapati.