Western Michigan University

Technical Description:

• Span: 36 ft
• Rise: 13 ft
• Length: 36 ft

This 36’ x 13’ CON/SPAN^® structure is the centerpiece of Western Michigan University’s recently developed 200- acre business, technology & research park. The university will use the park as a forum for public/private working relationships to benefit both engineering students and industry. The site development of the park was designed with an extensive system of trails.

The CON/SPAN^® will function both as a pedestrian underpass for one of these trails and a bridge over a drainage channel between two newly created lakes.

Wingwalls and headwalls were manufactured with limestone exposed aggregate. The interior was coated with a special stucco texture with the color of “Indiana Limestone” The joints between the wingwall panels were manufactured with vertical reveals that were consistant with reveals cast into the headwalls.

Technical Description:

• Span: 36 ft
• Rise: 13 ft
• Length: 36 ft