Bridge Load Testing in the Malingkeng Qidu Road Section of Freeway No. 3 near Xizhi, Keelung

Bridge Load Testing in the Malingkeng Qidu Road Section of Freeway No. 3 near Xizhi, Keelung

A landslide occurring at 2:33 p.m. on April 25, 2010 near the 3.25 kilometer mark of Freeway No. 3, close to the Malingkeng Qidu Road Section, blocked both lanes of the freeway. The huge amounts of soil and rock deposited by the landslide buried the road embankment and some of a bridge. After the incident occurred, the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau, MOTC quickly performed emergency repairs on this road section. In order to ease public misgivings concerning the integrity of the repaired elevated roadway, the Freeway Bureau accordingly engaged CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc. and the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering(NCREE) to draft a load testing plan.