This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure WOLCTH00130023 on Town Highway 13 crossing the Wild Branch Lamoille River, Wolcott, Vermont (figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. Information on the bridge, collected from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in Appendix D.
The site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province in northcentral Vermont. The 27.7-mi2 drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is pasture on the upstream right overbank. The upstream left overbank is brushland. Downstream of the bridge, the surface cover is forested on the right overbank. The downstream left overbank is pasture while the immediate bank has dense woody vegetation.
In the study area, the Wild Branch Lamoille River has an incised, straight channel with a slope of approximately 0.009 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 65 ft and an average bank height of 7 ft. The channel bed material ranges from sand to boulders with a median grain size (D50) of 85.3 mm (0.280 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II site visit on July 17, 1996 indicated that the reach was laterally unstable.
The Town Highway 13 crossing of the Wild Branch Lamoille River is a 41-ft-long, one-lane bridge consisting of a 39-foot steel girder span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, October 13, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge face is 38 ft. The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments. The right abutment has concrete wingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 45 degrees to the opening while the opening-skew-to-roadway is zero degrees.
A scour hole 3.5 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed in the channel during the Level I assessment. Scour countermeasures at the site includes type-2 stone fill (less than 3 feet diameter) along the banks, the right wingwalls, the right abutment and the road embankments. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.
Scour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general guidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). Total scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term streambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction in flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and abutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to compute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these computations follows.
Contraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 1.0 to 2.1 ft. The worst-case contraction scour occurred at the 100-year discharge. Left abutment scour ranged from 9.1 to 13.2 ft. Right abutment scour ranged from 15.7 to 22.3 ft. The worst-case abutment scour occurred at the 500- year discharge for both abutments. Additional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
During the August 1995 flood, the Wild Branch Lamoille River overtopped the bridge deck at structure WOLCTH00130023. Debris also was caught in the upstream I-beam of the structure.
It is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively conservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, computed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but not limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability assessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. Therefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values documented herein.
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A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative \nanalysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of \na Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I \ninvestigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. \nInformation on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) \nfiles, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in \nAppendix D.\nThe site is in the Champlain section of the St. Lawrence Valley physiographic province in \nnorthwestern Vermont. The 2.90-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested \nbasin. However, nearly a third of the drainage, including the location of the study site, is \nwetland.\nIn the study area, Mud Creek has an sinuous channel through wetland with a slope of \napproximately 0.0002 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 42 ft and an average bank \nheight of 2 ft. The channel bed material ranges from clay to sand with an estimated median \ngrain size (D50) of 0.047 mm (0.00015 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the \nLevel I and Level II site visit on June 26, 1995, indicated that the reach was stable.\nThe Town Highway 15 crossing of Mud Creek is a 30-ft-long, one-lane bridge consisting of \none 28-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, \nMarch 7, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge face is 26.7 ft. \nThe bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The channel is \nskewed zero degrees to the opening and the opening-skew-to-roadway is also zero degrees. \nChannel scour, approximately 2 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth, was observed in the \nmiddle of the channel extending from 5 to 35 ft upstream of the bridge. The only scour \ncountermeasure observed at this site was some small stone, possibly type-1 stone fill (less \nthan 12 inches diameter), partially covering the channel bed under the bridge. Additional \ndetails describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and \nAppendices D and E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 6.2 to 7.2 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 2.0 to \n2.4 ft and 2.1 to 2.6 ft on the left and right abutments respectively. The worst-case abutment \nscour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional information on scour depths and \ndepths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed \nelevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A crosssection of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were \ncalculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size \ndistribution.\nUsually, computed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information \nincluding (but not limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic \nstability assessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic \nanalyses. Therefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97397","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Olson, S.A., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 6 (ALBUTH00150006) on Town Highway 15, crossing Mud Creek, Alburg, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-397, iv, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97397.","productDescription":"iv, 50 p.","numberOfPages":"55","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":169878,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97397.PNG"},{"id":279738,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0397/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Alburg","otherGeospatial":"Mud Creek","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -73.375,44.875 ], [ -73.375,45.0 ], [ -73.25,45.0 ], [ -73.25,44.875 ], [ -73.375,44.875 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b16e4b07f02db6a55c6","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Olson, Scott A. 0000-0002-1064-2125 solson@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1064-2125","contributorId":2059,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Olson","given":"Scott","email":"solson@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[{"id":405,"text":"NH/VT office of New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":240516,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1}]}} ,{"id":49947,"text":"ofr97404 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 81 (NFIETH00PL0081) on Pleasant Street, crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-19T11:11:41","indexId":"ofr97404","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-404","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 81 (NFIETH00PL0081) on Pleasant Street, crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nNFIETH00PL0081 on Pleasant Street crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont (figures \n1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative \nanalysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of \na Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I \ninvestigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. \nInformation on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) \nfiles, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in \nAppendix D.\nThe site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province in \ncentral Vermont. The 6.1-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested basin. \nThe bridge site is located within a suburban setting in the Town of Northfield with homes, \nlawns, and pavement on the overbanks. There are trees and brush along the immediate \nbanks.\nIn the study area, Union Brook has an incised, straight channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.01 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 41 ft and an average bank height \nof 4 ft. The channel bed material ranges from gravel to boulders with a median grain size \n(D50) of 47.7 mm (0.157 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and \nLevel II site visit on July 24, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.\nThe Pleasant Street crossing of Union Brook is a 34-ft-long, two-lane bridge consisting of \none 29-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, \nOctober 13, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge face is 26.6 ft. \nThe bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The channel is \nskewed approximately 25 degrees to the opening while the opening-skew-to-roadway is 30 \ndegrees.\nA scour hole 0.5 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the upstream \nleft wingwall and upstream end of the left abutment during the Level I assessment. The \nscour protection measures at the site were type-1 stone fill (less than 12 inches diameter) \nalong the upstream left bank, the upstream left wingwall, and the downstream left bank, and \ntype-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches diameter) along the downstream right bank. There is \nalso a laid-up stone wall in front of the downstream left wingwall. Additional details \ndescribing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D \nand E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.0 to 0.5 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 4.2 to \n13.3 ft. The worst-case abutment scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional \ninformation on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour \nResults”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented \nin tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure \n8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a \nhomogeneous particle-size distribution. \nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97404","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Burns, R.L., and Medalie, L., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 81 (NFIETH00PL0081) on Pleasant Street, crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-404, iv, 51 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97404.","productDescription":"iv, 51 p.","numberOfPages":"56","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176358,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97404.PNG"},{"id":279736,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0404/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Northfield","otherGeospatial":"Union Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.75,44.125 ], [ -72.75,44.25 ], [ -72.625,44.25 ], [ -72.625,44.125 ], [ -72.75,44.125 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b16e4b07f02db6a55d5","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Burns, Ronda L.","contributorId":71602,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Burns","given":"Ronda","email":"","middleInitial":"L.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240520,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Medalie, Laura 0000-0002-2440-2149 lmedalie@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2440-2149","contributorId":3657,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Medalie","given":"Laura","email":"lmedalie@usgs.gov","affiliations":[{"id":466,"text":"New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":240519,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49948,"text":"ofr97405 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 37 (DUXBTH00120037) on Town Highway 12, crossing Ridley Brook, Duxbury, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2016-08-25T13:32:49","indexId":"ofr97405","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-405","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 37 (DUXBTH00120037) on Town Highway 12, crossing Ridley Brook, Duxbury, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure DUXBTH00120037 on Town Highway 12 crossing Ridley Brook, Duxbury, Vermont (figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in Appendix D.
The site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province in north central Vermont. The 10.1-mi2 drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is forest upstream and downstream of the bridge.
In the study area, Ridley Brook has an incised, straight channel with a slope of approximately 0.04 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 67 ft and an average bank height of 9 ft. The channel bed material ranges from gravel to boulders with a median grain size (D50) of 123 mm (0.404 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II site visit on July 1, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.
The Town Highway 12 crossing of Ridley Brook is a 33-ft-long, two-lane bridge consisting of five 30-ft steel rolled beams (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, October 13, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge face is 30 ft. The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 50 degrees to the opening while the measured opening-skew-to-roadway is 20 degrees.
A scour hole 2 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the right abutment and downstream right wingwall during the Level I assessment. Scour countermeasures at the site include type-2 stone fill (less than 3 feet diameter) along the upstream and downstream left road embankments, and type-3 stone fill (less than 4 feet diameter) along the upstream right bank and upstream right wingwall. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.
Scour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general guidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). Total scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term streambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction in flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and abutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to compute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these computations follows.
Contraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.6 to 1.7 ft. The worst-case contraction scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Left abutment scour ranged from 5.0 to 8.3 ft, with the worst-case occurring at the incipient-overtopping discharge. Right abutment scour ranged from 13.1 to 16.7 ft, with the worst-case occurring at the 500-year discharge. Additional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
It is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively conservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, computed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but not limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability assessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. Therefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values documented herein.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97405","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Wild, E.C., and Ivanhoff, M.A., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 37 (DUXBTH00120037) on Town Highway 12, crossing Ridley Brook, Duxbury, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-405, iv, 52 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97405.","productDescription":"iv, 52 p.","numberOfPages":"57","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176359,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97405.PNG"},{"id":279735,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0405/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Duxbury","otherGeospatial":"Ridley Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.75,43.5 ], [ -72.75,43.625 ], [ -72.625,43.625 ], [ -72.625,43.5 ], [ -72.75,43.5 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b17e4b07f02db6a62ec","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Wild, Emily C. 0000-0001-6157-7629 ecwild@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6157-7629","contributorId":1810,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Wild","given":"Emily","email":"ecwild@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"C.","affiliations":[{"id":5081,"text":"Libraries","active":false,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":240521,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Ivanhoff, Michael A.","contributorId":80343,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanhoff","given":"Michael","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240522,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49949,"text":"ofr97406 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 29 (PUTNTH00210029) on Town Highway 21, crossing East Putney Brook, Putney, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-19T10:52:24","indexId":"ofr97406","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-406","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 29 (PUTNTH00210029) on Town Highway 21, crossing East Putney Brook, Putney, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nPUTNTH00210029 on Town Highway 21 crossing East Putney Brook, Putney, Vermont \n(figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a \nquantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, \n1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this \nreport. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the \nstudy site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation \n(VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is \nfound in Appendix D.\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin southeastern Vermont. The 10.3-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and \nforested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover consists of pasture and \nforest.\nIn the study area, East Putney Brook has an incised, sinuous channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.009 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 33 ft and an average bank height \n(channel depth) of 3 ft. The channel bed material is cobbles predominantly with a median \ngrain size (D50) of 80.7 mm (0.265 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level \nI and Level II site visit on August 19, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.\nThe Town Highway 21 crossing of East Putney Brook is a 35-ft-long, one-lane bridge \nconsisting of one 29-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written \ncommunication, March 30, 1995). The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments \nwith wingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 40 degrees to the opening. Historical \nrecords show an opening-skew-to-roadway of 10 degrees but 20 degrees was computed \nusing field survey data and used in this study.\nThe scour protection measures at the site were type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches \ndiameter) on each abutment wall, the upstream right wingwall and the upstream right bank, \nand type-3 stone fill (less than 48 inches diameter) on the left bank upstream, the upstream \nleft wingwall, and the downstream right bank. Additional details describing conditions at \nthe site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.0 to 0.9 feet. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the incipient-overtopping discharge, which was less than the \n100-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 6.1 to 18.4 feet. The worst-case abutment \nscour occurred at the 500-year discharge for the right abutment and the incipient \novertopping discharge for the left abutment. Additional information on scour depths and \ndepths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed \nelevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A crosssection of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were \ncalculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size \ndistribution. \nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97406","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Boehmler, E.M., and Ivanoff, M.A., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 29 (PUTNTH00210029) on Town Highway 21, crossing East Putney Brook, Putney, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-406, iv, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97406.","productDescription":"iv, 50 p.","numberOfPages":"55","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176360,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97406.PNG"},{"id":279734,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0406/report.pdf"}],"scale":"25000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Putney","otherGeospatial":"Putney Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.75,42.5 ], [ -72.75,43.125 ], [ -72.0,43.125 ], [ -72.0,42.5 ], [ -72.75,42.5 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b19e4b07f02db6a7f25","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Boehmler, Erick M.","contributorId":96303,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Boehmler","given":"Erick","email":"","middleInitial":"M.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240524,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Ivanoff, Michael A.","contributorId":27105,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanoff","given":"Michael","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240523,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49955,"text":"ofr97423 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 63 (CHESTH00090063) on Town Highway 9, crossing the Williams River, Chester, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-19T10:08:17","indexId":"ofr97423","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-423","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 63 (CHESTH00090063) on Town Highway 9, crossing the Williams River, Chester, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nCHESTH00090063 on Town Highway 9 crossing the Williams River, Chester, Vermont \n(figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a \nquantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, \n1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this \nreport. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the \nstudy site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation \n(VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is \nfound in Appendix D.\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin eastern Vermont. The 24.0-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested \nbasin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is grass with trees and brush along \nthe immediate banks.\nIn the study area, the the Williams River has an incised, sinuous channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.005 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 64 ft and an average bank height \nof 6 ft. The channel bed material ranges from gravel to boulder with a median grain size \n(D50) of 57.7 mm (0.189 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and \nLevel II site visit on September 18, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.\nThe Town Highway 9 crossing of the Williams River is a 45-ft-long, two-lane bridge \nconsisting of one 35-foot steel-beam span with a timber deck (Vermont Agency of \nTransportation, written communication, April 6, 1995). The bridge is supported by vertical, \nconcrete abutments with wingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 5 degrees to the \nopening while the opening-skew-to-roadway is 0 degrees.\nA scour hole 1.8 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the left \nabutment during the Level I assessment. The scour hole undermines the left abutment and \nextends from 50 ft upstream of the upstream bridge face to 50 ft downstream of the \ndownstream bridge face. The scour protection measures at the site included type-3 stone fill \n(less than 48 inches diameter) under the bridge along the entire base length of the right \nabutment and along the right bank from 50 to 88 ft upstream. Type-2 (less than 36 inches \ndiameter) stone fill scour protection was observed along the downstream left bank from 18 \nft to 115 ft, along the downstream right bank from 8 ft to 25 ft and along the upstream left \nbank from 50 to 75 ft. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the \nLevel II Summary and Appendices D and E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for all modelled flows was computed to be 0.0 ft. Abutment scour ranged \nfrom 10.1 ft to 11.0 ft along the left abutment and from 14.1 ft to 15.1 ft along the right \nabutment. The worst-case abutment scour for the left abutment occurred at the 500-year \ndischarge while the worst-case abutment scour for the right abutment occurred at the 100-\nyear discharge. Additional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included \nin the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated \nscour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the \nbridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of \nerosive material and a homogeneous particle-size distribution. \nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97423","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Flynn, R.H., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 63 (CHESTH00090063) on Town Highway 9, crossing the Williams River, Chester, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-423, iv, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97423.","productDescription":"iv, 50 p.","numberOfPages":"55","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176454,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97423.PNG"},{"id":279727,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0423/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Chester","otherGeospatial":"Williams River","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.625,43.25 ], [ -72.625,43.375 ], [ -72.5,43.375 ], [ -72.5,43.25 ], [ -72.625,43.25 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b16e4b07f02db6a5911","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Flynn, Robert H. rflynn@usgs.gov","contributorId":2137,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Flynn","given":"Robert","email":"rflynn@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"H.","affiliations":[{"id":405,"text":"NH/VT office of New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":240534,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1}]}} ,{"id":50139,"text":"ofr97130 - 1997 - Seismic-Hazard Maps for California, Nevada, and Western Arizona/Utah","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2012-02-10T00:10:10","indexId":"ofr97130","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-130","title":"Seismic-Hazard Maps for California, Nevada, and Western Arizona/Utah","language":"ENGLISH","publisher":"Geological Survey (U.S.)","doi":"10.3133/ofr97130","usgsCitation":"Frankel, A.D., Mueller, C., Barnhard, T., Perkins, D., Leyendecker, E.V., Dickman, N., Hanson, S., and Hopper, M., 1997, Seismic-Hazard Maps for California, Nevada, and Western Arizona/Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-130, 12 maps; Sheets numbered A-L with individual subtitles, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97130.","productDescription":"12 maps; Sheets numbered A-L with individual subtitles","costCenters":[{"id":595,"text":"U.S. Geological Survey","active":false,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":175283,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg"},{"id":4324,"rank":200,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://geo-nsdi.er.usgs.gov/metadata/open-file/97-131/metadata.faq.html","linkFileType":{"id":5,"text":"html"}}],"scale":"2000000","projection":"Albers Equal Area Conic","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -125,32 ], [ -125,43 ], [ -111,43 ], [ -111,32 ], [ -125,32 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4a9be4b07f02db65e144","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Frankel, Arthur D. 0000-0001-9119-6106 afrankel@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-6106","contributorId":1363,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Frankel","given":"Arthur","email":"afrankel@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"D.","affiliations":[{"id":237,"text":"Earthquake Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":240823,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Mueller, C.","contributorId":40201,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Mueller","given":"C.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240827,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Barnhard, T.","contributorId":63458,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Barnhard","given":"T.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240828,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3},{"text":"Perkins, D.","contributorId":83589,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Perkins","given":"D.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240829,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":4},{"text":"Leyendecker, E. V.","contributorId":87162,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Leyendecker","given":"E.","email":"","middleInitial":"V.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240830,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":5},{"text":"Dickman, N.","contributorId":17279,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Dickman","given":"N.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240824,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":6},{"text":"Hanson, S.","contributorId":35781,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Hanson","given":"S.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240826,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":7},{"text":"Hopper, M.","contributorId":25999,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Hopper","given":"M.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240825,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":8}]}} ,{"id":49950,"text":"ofr97407 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 45 (NFIETH00250045) on Town Highway 25, crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-19T10:40:03","indexId":"ofr97407","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-407","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 45 (NFIETH00250045) on Town Highway 25, crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nNFIETH00250045 on Town Highway 25 crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont \n(figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a \nquantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, \n1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this \nreport. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the \nstudy site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation \n(VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is \nfound in Appendix D.\nThe site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province in \ncentral Vermont. The 4.04-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested basin. \nIn the vicinity of the study site, surface cover consists of shrubs and brush on all of the \nbanks except the upstream right bank which is forested.\nIn the study area, Union Brook has an incised, meandering channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.018 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 41 ft and an average bank height \nof 2 ft. The channel bed material ranges from sand to cobble with a median grain size (D50) \nof 65.8 mm (0.216 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II \nsite visit on July 24, 1996, indicated that the reach was unstable. The stream meanders and \nthere is a cut bank on the upstream right bank and trees are falling into the channel.\nThe Town Highway 25 crossing of Union Brook is a 28-ft-long, two-lane bridge consisting \nof one 26-foot concrete slab span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written \ncommunication, October 13, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the \nbridge face is 23.8 ft. The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with \nwingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 50 degrees to the opening while the \nopening-skew-to-roadway is 0 degrees.\nDuring the Level I assessment, a scour hole 3.0 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was \nobserved at the upstream face of the bridge that extended from the center of the channel to \nthe front of the upstream left wingwall. An additional scour hole 1.5 ft deeper than the mean \nthalweg depth was observed along the downstream right bank near the bridge. The scour \ncounter measures at the site were a laid-up wall of concrete slabs along the upstream right \nbank beginning at the end of the upstream right wingwall and type-1 stone fill (less than 12 \ninches diameter) along the downstream right wingwall and bank, and type-2 stone fill (less \nthan 36 inches diameter) along the downstream left wingwall and bank. Additional details \ndescribing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D \nand E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.4 to 0.9 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 4.5 to \n9.1 ft. The worst-case abutment scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional \ninformation on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour \nResults”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented \nin tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure \n8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a \nhomogeneous particle-size distribution. \nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97407","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Burns, R.L., and Ivanoff, M.A., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 45 (NFIETH00250045) on Town Highway 25, crossing Union Brook, Northfield, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-407, iv, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97407.","productDescription":"iv, 50 p.","numberOfPages":"55","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176361,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97407.PNG"},{"id":279733,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0407/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Northfield","otherGeospatial":"Union Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.75,44.125 ], [ -72.75,44.25 ], [ -72.625,44.25 ], [ -72.625,44.125 ], [ -72.75,44.125 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b17e4b07f02db6a618a","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Burns, Ronda L.","contributorId":71602,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Burns","given":"Ronda","email":"","middleInitial":"L.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240526,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Ivanoff, Michael A.","contributorId":27105,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanoff","given":"Michael","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240525,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49951,"text":"ofr97408 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 15 (TROYTH00290015) on Town Highway 29, crossing Beetle Brook, Troy, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-19T10:34:11","indexId":"ofr97408","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-408","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 15 (TROYTH00290015) on Town Highway 29, crossing Beetle Brook, Troy, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nTROYTH00290015 on Town Highway 29 crossing Beetle Brook, Troy, Vermont (figures \n1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative \nanalysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of \na Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I \ninvestigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. \nInformation on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) \nfiles, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in \nAppendix D.\nThe site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province in \nnorth-central Vermont. The 8.97-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested \nbasin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is forest except for the downstream \nright bank which is grass.\nIn the study area, Beetle Brook has an incised, sinuous channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.02 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 41 ft and an average bank height \nof 4 ft. The channel bed material ranges from gravel to boulder with a median grain size \n(D50) of 118 mm (0.387 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level \nII site visit on June 7, 1995, indicated that the reach was stable.\nThe Town Highway 29 crossing of Beetle Brook is a 30-ft-long, one-lane bridge consisting \nof one 25-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written \ncommunication, March 7, 1994). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge \nface is 23.4 ft. The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The \nchannel is skewed approximately 15 degrees to the opening while the opening-skew-toroadway is 0 degrees.\nA scour hole 0.5 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the right \nabutment during the Level I assessment. Scour counter measures at the site include type-3 \nstone fill (less than 48 inches diameter) at the downstream end of the downstream right \nwingwall, type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches diameter) along the downstream left \nwingwall and the upstream left road embankment, and type-1 stone fill (less than 12 inches \ndiameter) at the upstream right road embankment. Additional details describing conditions \nat the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.0 to 0.6 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the incipient-overtopping discharge. Left abutment scour \nranged from 8.0 to 8.9 ft. The worst-case left abutment scour occurred at the 500-year \ndischarge. Right abutment scour ranged from 15.4 to 16.5 ft. The worst-case right abutment \nscour occurred at the incipient-overtopping discharge. Additional information on scour \ndepths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scouredstreambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. \nA cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths \nwere calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particlesize distribution. \nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97408","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Ivanoff, M.A., and Medalie, L., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 15 (TROYTH00290015) on Town Highway 29, crossing Beetle Brook, Troy, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-408, iv, 51 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97408.","productDescription":"iv, 51 p.","numberOfPages":"56","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176362,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97408.PNG"},{"id":279732,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0408/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Troy","otherGeospatial":"Beetle Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.5,44.875 ], [ -72.5,45.0 ], [ -72.375,45.0 ], [ -72.375,44.875 ], [ -72.5,44.875 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b1ae4b07f02db6a826e","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Ivanoff, Michael A.","contributorId":27105,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanoff","given":"Michael","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240528,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Medalie, Laura 0000-0002-2440-2149 lmedalie@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2440-2149","contributorId":3657,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Medalie","given":"Laura","email":"lmedalie@usgs.gov","affiliations":[{"id":466,"text":"New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":240527,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49952,"text":"ofr97409 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 81 (JAMAVT01000081) on State Route 100, crossing the Winhall River, Jamaica, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2025-07-24T16:13:24.570931","indexId":"ofr97409","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-409","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 81 (JAMAVT01000081) on State Route 100, crossing the Winhall River, Jamaica, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure JAMAVT01000081 on State Route 100 crossing the Winhall River, Jamaica, Vermont (figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in Appendix D.
The site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province in south-central Vermont. The 30.6-mi2 drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is pasture with trees on the immediate banks. The upstream left bank of the bridge is forested.
In the study area, the Winhall River has an incised, straight channel with a slope of approximately 0.01 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 124 ft and an average bank height of 9 ft. The channel bed material ranges from gravel to bedrock with a median grain size (D50) of 86.7 mm (0.284 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II site visit on August 8, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.
The State Route 100 crossing of the Winhall River is an 84-ft-long, two-lane bridge consisting of one 82-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, March 30, 1995). The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with no wingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 10 degrees to the opening while the opening-skew-to-roadway is 15 degrees.
The scour protection measures at the site included type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches diameter) along the base of the left abutment. There was also type-4 stone fill (less than 60 inches diameter) along both downstream banks. In addition, there are stone walls placed on both upstream banks. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.
Scour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general guidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). Total scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term streambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction in flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and abutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to compute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these computations follows.
The contraction scour ranged from 0.0 to 2.6 ft. The worst-case contraction scour occurred at the incipient road-overtopping discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 7.9 to 21.9 ft. The worst-case abutment scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
Usually, computed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but not limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability assessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. Therefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values documented herein.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97409","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Ivanoff, M.A., and Hammond, R.E., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 81 (JAMAVT01000081) on State Route 100, crossing the Winhall River, Jamaica, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-409, iv, 52 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97409.","productDescription":"iv, 52 p.","numberOfPages":"57","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":279731,"rank":2,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0409/report.pdf"},{"id":176363,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97409.PNG"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Jamaica","otherGeospatial":"Winhall River","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.875,43.125 ], [ -72.875,43.25 ], [ -72.75,43.25 ], [ -72.75,43.125 ], [ -72.875,43.125 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b16e4b07f02db6a5604","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Ivanoff, Michael A.","contributorId":27105,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanoff","given":"Michael","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240529,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Hammond, Robert E.","contributorId":61862,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Hammond","given":"Robert","email":"","middleInitial":"E.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240530,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49954,"text":"ofr97422 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 25 (ROYATH00550025) on Town Highway 55, crossing Broad Brook, Royalton, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-19T10:13:36","indexId":"ofr97422","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-422","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 25 (ROYATH00550025) on Town Highway 55, crossing Broad Brook, Royalton, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nROYATH00550025 on Town Highway 55 crossing Broad Brook, Royalton, Vermont \n(figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a \nquantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, \n1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this \nreport. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the \nstudy site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation \n(VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is \nfound in Appendix D.\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin central Vermont. The 11.6-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested \nbasin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is pasture on the upstream and \ndownstream left overbanks and forest on the upstream and downstream right overbanks.\nIn the study area, Broad Brook has an incised, sinuous channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.01 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 41 ft and an average bank height \nof 5 ft. The channel bed material ranges from sand to boulder with a median grain size (D50) \nof 58.3 mm (0.191 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I site visit on \nApril 13, 1995 indicated that the reach was laterally unstable. The stream impacts the \nupstream left bank where there is a cut bank. \nThe Town Highway 55 crossing of the Broad Brook is a 35-ft-long, two-lane bridge \nconsisting of one 31-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written \ncommunication, March 22, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge \nface is 32 ft. The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The \nchannel is skewed approximately 20 degrees to the opening, while the opening-skew-toroadway is zero degrees. \nA scour hole 1.0 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the left \nabutment and the downstream left wingwall during the Level I assessment. The scour \ncountermeasure at the site was type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches diameter) along the \nupstream and downstream left banks that extended to the ends of the wingwalls. \nAdditional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary \nand Appendices D and E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.6 to 1.5 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the incipient-overtopping discharge which was less than the \n100-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 3.5 to 8.9 ft. The worst-case abutment \nscour occurred at the incipient road-overtopping discharge for the left abutment and at the \n100-year discharge for the right abutment. Additional information on scour depths and \ndepths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed \nelevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A crosssection of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were \ncalculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size \ndistribution. \nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97422","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Burns, R.L., and Weber, M.A., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 25 (ROYATH00550025) on Town Highway 55, crossing Broad Brook, Royalton, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-422, iv, 51 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97422.","productDescription":"iv, 51 p.","numberOfPages":"56","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176365,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97422.PNG"},{"id":279729,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0422/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Royalton","otherGeospatial":"Broad Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.75,43.5 ], [ -72.75,43.625 ], [ -72.625,43.625 ], [ -72.625,43.5 ], [ -72.75,43.5 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b1ae4b07f02db6a802e","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Burns, Ronda L.","contributorId":71602,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Burns","given":"Ronda","email":"","middleInitial":"L.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240533,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Weber, Matthew A.","contributorId":41483,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Weber","given":"Matthew","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240532,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49956,"text":"ofr97424 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 12 (NEWFVT00300012) on State Route 30, crossing Smith Brook, Newfane, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-19T10:01:26","indexId":"ofr97424","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-424","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 12 (NEWFVT00300012) on State Route 30, crossing Smith Brook, Newfane, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nNEWFVT00300012 on State Route 30 crossing Smith Brook, Newfane, Vermont (figures \n1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative \nanalysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of \na Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I \ninvestigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. \nInformation on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) \nfiles, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in \nAppendix D.\nThe site is in the New England Upland and Green Mountain sections of the New England \nphysiographic province in southeastern Vermont. The 9.55-mi2\n drainage area is in a \npredominantly rural and forested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is \nprimarily pasture with the exception of the downstream right bank which is forested. The \nimmediate banks have dense woody vegetation except for the downstream right bank which \nhas cut grass.\nIn the study area, Smith Brook has a sinuous channel with a slope of approximately 0.01 ft/\nft, an average channel top width of 63 ft and an average bank height of 10 ft. The \npredominant channel bed material ranges from gravel to boulder with a median grain size \n(D50) of 75.4 mm (0.247 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and \nLevel II site visit on August 21, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.\nThe State Route 30 crossing of Smith Brook is a 43-ft-long, two-lane bridge consisting of a \n40-foot concrete T-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, \nMarch 30, 1995). The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. \nThe channel is skewed approximately 35 degrees to the opening while the measured \nopening-skew-to-roadway is 30 degrees. \nThe scour protection measure at the site included type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches \ndiameter) from the upstream end of the left abutment to 35 ft. upstream, along the \ndownstream end of the downstream left wingwall, along the right bank from 7 ft. to 90 ft. \ndownstream, and along the left bank from 15 ft. to 40 ft. downstream. Also, there was type-\n1 stone fill (less than 24 inches diameter) at the left abutment and downstream left \nwingwall. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II \nSummary and Appendices D\nand E.\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.\nContraction scour for modelled flows ranged from 1.2 to 1.8 ft. The worst-case contraction \nscour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 7.6 to 14.1 ft. The \nworst-case abutment scour also occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional information \non scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. \nScoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables \n1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour \ndepths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous \nparticle-size distribution. \nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97424","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Ivanoff, M.A., and Medalie, L., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 12 (NEWFVT00300012) on State Route 30, crossing Smith Brook, Newfane, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-424, iv, 48 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97424.","productDescription":"iv, 48 p.","numberOfPages":"53","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":175615,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97424.PNG"},{"id":279726,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0424/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Newfane","otherGeospatial":"Smith Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.75,42.875 ], [ -72.75,43.0 ], [ -72.5,43.0 ], [ -72.5,42.875 ], [ -72.75,42.875 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b1ae4b07f02db6a83d0","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Ivanoff, Michael A.","contributorId":27105,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanoff","given":"Michael","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240536,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Medalie, Laura 0000-0002-2440-2149 lmedalie@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2440-2149","contributorId":3657,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Medalie","given":"Laura","email":"lmedalie@usgs.gov","affiliations":[{"id":466,"text":"New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":240535,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49958,"text":"ofr97579 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 26 (ROYATH00540026) on Town Highway 54, crossing Broad Brook, Royalton, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-18T15:12:10","indexId":"ofr97579","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-579","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 26 (ROYATH00540026) on Town Highway 54, crossing Broad Brook, Royalton, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nROYATH00540026 on Town Highway 54 crossing Broad Brook, Royalton, Vermont \n(figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a \nquantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, \n1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this \nreport. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the \nstudy site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation \n(VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is \nfound in Appendix D.
\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin central Vermont. The 11.9-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested \nbasin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover on the left bank upstream and \ndownstream is pasture with trees and brush on the immediate banks. The right bank, \nupstream and downstream of the bridge, is forested.
\nIn the study area, Broad Brook has an incised, sinuous channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.01 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 37 ft and an average bank height \nof 4 ft. The channel bed material ranges from sand to boulders with a median grain size \n(D50) of 66.3 mm (0.218 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I site visit \non April 13, 1995 and the Level II site visit on July 11, 1996, indicated that the reach was \nstable.
\nThe Town Highway 54 crossing of Broad Brook is a 29-ft-long, one-lane bridge consisting \nof one 24-foot steel-beam span with a timber deck (Vermont Agency of Transportation, \nwritten communication, March 23, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the \nbridge face is 23.3 ft. The bridge is supported by a vertical, concrete face laid-up stone \nabutment with concrete wingwalls on the left and a laid-up stone abutment on the right. The \nchannel is skewed approximately 20 degrees to the opening while the opening-skew-to-roadway is zero degrees.
\nA scour hole 1.0 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the downstream \nend of the right abutment during the Level I assessment. Also, at the upstream end of the \nleft abutment, the footing is exposed 0.5 ft. The scour protection measures at the site \nincluded type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches diameter) along the upstream left bank, at the \nupstream end of the upstream left wingwall, along the entire length of the downstream left \nwingwall, and at the upstream end of the right abutment. Additional details describing \nconditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.
\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.
\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.0 to 1.4 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the incipient roadway-overtopping discharge, which was less \nthan the 100-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 2.2 to 7.4 ft on the left and from \n14.7 to 17.7 ft on the right. The worst-case abutment scour occurred at the incipient \nroadway-overtopping discharge for the left and at the 500-year discharge for the right. \nAdditional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section \ntitled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, \nare presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is \npresented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive \nmaterial and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
\nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.
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\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin southeastern Vermont. The 15.1-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and \nforested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is pasture except for the \ndownstream right overbank which is forested.
\nIn the study area, the Williams River has an incised, straight channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.008 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 56 ft and an average bank height \nof 6 ft. The channel bed material ranges from gravel to cobbles with a median grain size \n(D50) of 67.5 mm (0.222 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and \nLevel II site visit on September 16, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.
\nThe State Route 103 crossing of the Williams River is a 162-ft-long, two-lane bridge \nconsisting of three steel-beam spans (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written \ncommunication, March 13, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge \nface is 157.7 ft.The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments and piers with no \nwingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 55 degrees to the opening while the \nopening-skew-to-roadway is also 55 degrees.
\nThe scour protection measures at the site included type-4 stone fill (less than 60 inches \ndiameter) along the upstream left bank. There was type-3 stone fill (less than 48 inches \ndiameter) along the upstream right bank and both spill-through embankments and both \ndownstream banks. There was type-1 stone fill (less than 12 inches diameter) along the \nupstream right and downstream left road embankments. Additional details describing \nconditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.
\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.
\nContraction scour for all modelled flows was 0.0. Abutment scour ranged from 6.4 to 9.0 ft. \nThe worst-case abutment scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Pier scour ranged from \n7.9 to 10.1 ft. The worst-case pier scour occurred at the incipient-overtopping discharge for \nboth piers. Additional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in \nthe section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated \nscour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the \nbridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of \nerosive material and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
\nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.
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\nThe site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province in \nnorthwestern Vermont. The 6.78-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested \nbasin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover upstream of the bridge and on the \ndownstream right bank is primarily pasture. The downstream left bank is forested.
\nIn the study area, Wanzer Brook has an incised, straight channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.03 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 65 ft and an average bank height \nof 5 ft. The channel bed material is cobble with a median grain size (D50) of 111 mm (0.364 \nft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II site visit on July 11, \n1995, indicated that the reach was stable.
\nThe Town Highway 30 crossing of Wanzer Brook is a 31-ft-long, two-lane bridge \nconsisting of one 28-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written \ncommunication, March 8, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge \nface is 26 ft.The bridge is supported by vertical stone wall abutments with concrete caps and \n“kneewall” footings. The channel is skewed approximately 25 degrees to the opening while \nthe measured opening-skew-to-roadway is 20 degrees.
\nA scour hole 1.5 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the downstream \nleft retaining wall (extended concrete footing) during the Level I assessment. It was also \nobserved that the right abutment is undermined with a scour depth of 0.5 ft. The scour \nprotection at the site was limited to four large boulders (type-4, less than 60 inches \ndiameter) along the downstream right retaining wall. The channel under the bridge is a \n“corduroy” log mat floor composed of 13 logs which are parallel to the bridge face and \nextend from 5 ft under the bridge to the downstream bridge face. The most downstream log \nis approximately 0.3 to 0.4 ft higher than the other logs and controls flow at lower flows. \nAdditional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary \nand Appendices D and E.
\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.
\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 0.3 to 0.6 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 14.1 to \n16.0 ft at the left abutment and from 6.8 to 7.6 ft at the right abutment. The worst-case \nabutment scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional information on scour depths \nand depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. \nA cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths \nwere calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
\nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.
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\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin southeastern Vermont. The 23.7-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and \nforested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is primarily forest with the \nexception of the downstream left bank which is a wetland.
\nIn the study area, Broad Brook has an incised, meandering channel with a slope of \napproximately 0.001 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 132 ft and an average bank \nheight of 3 ft. The channel bed material ranges from silt to cobbles with a median grain size \n(D50) of 80.0 mm (0.262 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and \nLevel II site visit on August 14, 1996, indicated that the reach was vertically and laterally \nunstable.
\nThe State Route 142 crossing of Broad Brook is a 98-ft-long, two-lane bridge consisting of \ntwo steel-beam spans with a maximum span length of 47 feet (Vermont Agency of \nTransportation, written communication, March 30, 1995). The bridge is supported by \nvertical, concrete abutments with spill-through slopes and a concrete pier. The channel is \nskewed approximately 30 degrees to the opening while there is no opening-skew-to-\nroadway.
\nA scour hole 2 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed along the left bank side \nof the pier during the Level I assessment. There was also a scour hole 1 ft deeper than the \nmean thalweg depth observed along the length of the right abutment. The only scour \nprotection measure at the site was type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches diameter) along the \nentire base length of the spill-through slopes. Additional details describing conditions at the \nsite are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.
\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.
\nThere was no computed contraction scour for any modelled flows. Scour at the left \nabutment ranged from 13.2 to 15.9 ft and at the right abutment ranged from 12.0 to 16.3 ft. \nThe worst-case abutment scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Pier scour ranged from \n12.0 to 16.3 ft. The worst-case pier scour occurred at the incipient-overtopping discharge. \nAdditional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section \ntitled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, \nare presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is \npresented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive \nmaterial and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
\nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.
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1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 13 (EDENTH00170013) on Town Highway 17, crossing the Gihon River, Eden, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-02T10:08:28","indexId":"ofr97392","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-392","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 13 (EDENTH00170013) on Town Highway 17, crossing the Gihon River, Eden, Vermont","language":"ENGLISH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97392","usgsCitation":"Ivanoff, M., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 13 (EDENTH00170013) on Town Highway 17, crossing the Gihon River, Eden, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-392, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97392.","productDescription":"50 p.","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":175958,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg"},{"id":280090,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0392/report.pdf"}],"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b1ae4b07f02db6a838f","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Ivanoff, M.A.","contributorId":45758,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanoff","given":"M.A.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240683,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1}]}} ,{"id":50041,"text":"ofr97824 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 11 (STAMVT01000011) on State Route 11, crossing Crazy John Stream, Stamford, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-02T10:09:45","indexId":"ofr97824","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-824","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 11 (STAMVT01000011) on State Route 11, crossing Crazy John Stream, Stamford, Vermont","language":"ENGLISH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97824","usgsCitation":"Ivanoff, M., and Degnan, J., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 11 (STAMVT01000011) on State Route 11, crossing Crazy John Stream, Stamford, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-824, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97824.","productDescription":"50 p.","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":175959,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg"},{"id":280092,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0824/report.pdf"}],"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b1ae4b07f02db6a840b","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Ivanoff, M.A.","contributorId":45758,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Ivanoff","given":"M.A.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240685,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Degnan, J.R.","contributorId":18423,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Degnan","given":"J.R.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240684,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":50042,"text":"ofr97822 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 22 (TOPSTH00490022) on Town Highway 49, crossing Waits River, Topsham, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-02T10:11:27","indexId":"ofr97822","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-822","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 22 (TOPSTH00490022) on Town Highway 49, crossing Waits River, Topsham, Vermont","language":"ENGLISH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97822","usgsCitation":"Striker, L., and Degnan, J., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 22 (TOPSTH00490022) on Town Highway 49, crossing Waits River, Topsham, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-822, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97822.","productDescription":"50 p.","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":175960,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg"},{"id":280094,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0822/report.pdf"}],"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b1ae4b07f02db6a8104","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Striker, L.K.","contributorId":55872,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Striker","given":"L.K.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240687,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Degnan, J.R.","contributorId":18423,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Degnan","given":"J.R.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":240686,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49934,"text":"ofr97379 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 72 (STRATH00510072) on Town Highway 51, crossing the West Branch Ompompanoosuc River, Strafford, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2016-08-25T13:35:36","indexId":"ofr97379","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-379","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 72 (STRATH00510072) on Town Highway 51, crossing the West Branch Ompompanoosuc River, Strafford, Vermont","docAbstract":"No abstract available.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","doi":"10.3133/ofr97379","usgsCitation":"Wild, E.C., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 72 (STRATH00510072) on Town Highway 51, crossing the West Branch Ompompanoosuc River, Strafford, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-379, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97379.","productDescription":"50 p.","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":169724,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg"}],"country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Strafford","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b16e4b07f02db6a56ed","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Wild, Emily C. 0000-0001-6157-7629 ecwild@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6157-7629","contributorId":1810,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Wild","given":"Emily","email":"ecwild@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"C.","affiliations":[{"id":5081,"text":"Libraries","active":false,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":240499,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1}]}} ,{"id":50009,"text":"ofr97773 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 38 (JERITH0020038) on Town Highway 20, crossing the Lee River, Jericho, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2016-08-25T14:51:05","indexId":"ofr97773","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-773","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 38 (JERITH0020038) on Town Highway 20, crossing the Lee River, Jericho, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure JERITH00200038 on Town Highway 20 crossing the Lee River, Jericho, Vermont (figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. Information on the bridge, obtained from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in Appendix D.
The site is in the Green Mountain section of the New England physiographic province and the Champlain section of the St. Lawrence physiographic province in northwestern Vermont. The 12.9-mi2 drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover on the upstream and downstream right overbank is pasture while the immediate banks have dense woody vegetation. The surface cover on the upstream and downstream left overbank is forested.
In the study area, the Lee River has an incised, sinuous channel with a slope of approximately 0.02 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 89 ft and an average bank height of 14 ft. The channel bed material ranges from sand to boulder with a median grain size (D50) of 45.9 mm (0.151 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II site visit on July 2, 1996, indicated that the reach was stable.
The Town Highway 20 crossing of the Lee River is a 49-ft-long, one-lane bridge consisting of a steel through truss span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, December 12, 1995). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge face is 44 ft. The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 10 degrees to the opening while the computed opening-skew-toroadway is 5 degrees.
A scour hole 1 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed in the center of the channel during the Level I assessment. Scour countermeasures at the site include type-1 stone fill (less than 12 inches diameter) at the downstream left road embankment. Type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches diameter) protects the upstream left wingwall, the upstream and downstream right wingwalls and the upstream end of the right abutment. Type-3 stone fill (less than 48 inches diameter) protects the left abutment. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.
Scour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general guidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995) for the 100- and 500-year discharges. Total scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term streambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction in flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and abutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to compute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these computations follows.
Contraction scour for all modelled flows was zero. Abutment scour ranged from 4.9 to 10.7 ft. The worst-case abutment scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
It is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively conservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, computed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but not limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability assessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. Therefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values documented herein.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97773","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Wild, E.C., and Degnan, J.R., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 38 (JERITH0020038) on Town Highway 20, crossing the Lee River, Jericho, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-773, iv, 48 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97773.","productDescription":"iv, 48 p.","numberOfPages":"53","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":176807,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97773.PNG"},{"id":279670,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0773/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Jericho","otherGeospatial":"Lee River","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.75,43.5 ], [ -72.75,43.625 ], [ -72.625,43.625 ], [ -72.625,43.5 ], [ -72.75,43.5 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b17e4b07f02db6a6271","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Wild, Emily C. 0000-0001-6157-7629 ecwild@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6157-7629","contributorId":1810,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Wild","given":"Emily","email":"ecwild@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"C.","affiliations":[{"id":5081,"text":"Libraries","active":false,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":240628,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Degnan, James R. 0000-0002-5665-9010 jrdegnan@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5665-9010","contributorId":498,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Degnan","given":"James","email":"jrdegnan@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"R.","affiliations":[{"id":405,"text":"NH/VT office of New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true},{"id":466,"text":"New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":240627,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":49935,"text":"ofr97386 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 43 (CHELTH00460043) on Town Highway 46, crossing Jail Brook, Chelsea, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-20T10:15:18","indexId":"ofr97386","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-386","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 43 (CHELTH00460043) on Town Highway 46, crossing Jail Brook, Chelsea, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nCHELTH00460043 on Town Highway 46 crossing Jail Brook, Chelsea, Vermont (figures \n1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including a quantitative \nanalysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993). Results of \na Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this report. A Level I \ninvestigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the study site. \nInformation on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTAOT) \nfiles, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is found in \nAppendix D.
\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin central Vermont. The 4.68-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and forested \nbasin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover is best described as suburban with \nhomes, lawns, and a few trees.
\nIn the study area, Jail Brook has an incised, straight channel with a slope of approximately \n0.02 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 32 ft and an average bank height of 6 ft. The \nchannel bed material ranges from coarse sand to boulder with a median grain size (D50) of \n43.0 mm (0.141 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II site \nvisit on November 18, 1994, indicated that the reach was stable.
\nThe Town Highway 46 crossing of Jail Brook is a 27-ft-long, two-lane bridge consisting of \none 23-foot concrete span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, \nAugust 25, 1994). The opening length of the structure parallel to the bridge face is 22.8 \nft.The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The channel is \nskewed approximately zero degrees to the opening and the opening-skew-to-roadway is \nalso zero degrees.
\nChannel scour was not observed. However, the left abutment footing was exposed one foot. \nScour countermeasures at the site consisted of type-2 stone fill (less than 36 inches \ndiameter) on the banks and road embankments upstream and downstream of the bridge. \nAdditional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary \nand Appendices D and E.
\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.
\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 1.1 to 1.2 ft. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 5.0 to \n6.5 ft at the left abutment and 4.7 to 6.2 ft at the right abutment. The worst-case abutment \nscour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Additional information on scour depths and \ndepths to armoring are included in the section titled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed \nelevations, based on the calculated scour depths, are presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is presented in figure 8. Scour depths were \ncalculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material and a homogeneous particle-size \ndistribution.
\nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Pembroke, NH","doi":"10.3133/ofr97386","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration","usgsCitation":"Olson, S.A., 1997, Level II scour analysis for Bridge 43 (CHELTH00460043) on Town Highway 46, crossing Jail Brook, Chelsea, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-386, iv, 48 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97386.","productDescription":"iv, 48 p.","numberOfPages":"53","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":169725,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr97386.PNG"},{"id":279748,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0386/report.pdf"}],"scale":"24000","country":"United States","state":"Vermont","city":"Chelsea","otherGeospatial":"Jail Brook","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -72.5,43.875 ], [ -72.5,44.0 ], [ -72.375,44.0 ], [ -72.375,43.875 ], [ -72.5,43.875 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4b17e4b07f02db6a5f8e","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Olson, Scott A. 0000-0002-1064-2125 solson@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1064-2125","contributorId":2059,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Olson","given":"Scott","email":"solson@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[{"id":405,"text":"NH/VT office of New England Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":240500,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1}]}} ,{"id":49932,"text":"ofr97377 - 1997 - Level II scour analysis for Bridge 41 (ROCKTH00390041) on Town Highway 39, crossing the Saxtons River, Rockingham, Vermont","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2013-12-20T11:11:59","indexId":"ofr97377","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1997","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"97-377","title":"Level II scour analysis for Bridge 41 (ROCKTH00390041) on Town Highway 39, crossing the Saxtons River, Rockingham, Vermont","docAbstract":"This report provides the results of a detailed Level II analysis of scour potential at structure \nROCKTH00390041 on Town Highway 39 crossing the Saxtons River, Rockingham, \nVermont (figures 1–8). A Level II study is a basic engineering analysis of the site, including \na quantitative analysis of stream stability and scour (U.S. Department of Transportation, \n1993). Results of a Level I scour investigation also are included in Appendix E of this \nreport. A Level I investigation provides a qualitative geomorphic characterization of the \nstudy site. Information on the bridge, gleaned from Vermont Agency of Transportation \n(VTAOT) files, was compiled prior to conducting Level I and Level II analyses and is \nfound in Appendix D.
\nThe site is in the New England Upland section of the New England physiographic province \nin southeastern Vermont. The 57.4-mi2\n drainage area is in a predominantly rural and \nforested basin. In the vicinity of the study site, the surface cover consists of forest on the left \nbank and pasture with some trees on the right bank.
\nIn the study area, the Saxtons River has an sinuous channel with a slope of approximately \n0.009 ft/ft, an average channel top width of 112 ft and an average bank height of 10 ft. The \nchannel bed material ranges from sand to cobbles with a median grain size (D50) of 103 mm \n(0.339 ft). The geomorphic assessment at the time of the Level I and Level II site visit on \nAugust 15, 1996, indicated that the reach was laterally unstable. There are wide point bars, \ncut-banks with fallen trees, and areas of localized channel scour along the left bank, where \nthere is bedrock exposure at the surface.
\nThe Town Highway 39 crossing of the Saxtons River is an 85-ft-long, one-lane bridge \nconsisting of one 82-foot steel-beam span (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written \ncommunication, March 31, 1995). The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments \nwithout wingwalls. The channel is skewed approximately 30 degrees to the opening while \nthe opening-skew-to-roadway is zero degrees.
\nA scour hole 3 ft deeper than the mean thalweg depth was observed during the Level I \nassessment along the left side of the channel under the bridge exposing the left abutment \nfooting 5.5 feet. The only scour protection measure at the site was type-2 stone fill (less \nthan 36 inches diameter) on the left banks upstream and downstream and the left abutment \nwall. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II \nSummary and Appendices D and E.
\nScour depths and recommended rock rip-rap sizes were computed using the general \nguidelines described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 (Richardson and others, 1995). \nTotal scour at a highway crossing is comprised of three components: 1) long-term \nstreambed degradation; 2) contraction scour (due to accelerated flow caused by a reduction \nin flow area at a bridge) and; 3) local scour (caused by accelerated flow around piers and \nabutments). Total scour is the sum of the three components. Equations are available to \ncompute depths for contraction and local scour and a summary of the results of these \ncomputations follows.
\nContraction scour for all modelled flows ranged from 2.2 to 3.8 feet. The worst-case \ncontraction scour occurred at the 500-year discharge. Abutment scour ranged from 21.4 to \n23.2 feet and 26.2 to 32.4 feet at the left and right abutments respectively. The worst-case \nabutment scour occurred for the right abutment at the incipient overtopping discharge. \nAdditional information on scour depths and depths to armoring are included in the section \ntitled “Scour Results”. Scoured-streambed elevations, based on the calculated scour depths, \nare presented in tables 1 and 2. A cross-section of the scour computed at the bridge is \npresented in figure 8. Bedrock was exposed at the surface in some areas of the channel and \npotentially is located at a shallower depth than the scour depths indicated above. \nNevertheless, scour depths were calculated assuming an infinite depth of erosive material \nand a homogeneous particle-size distribution.
\nIt is generally accepted that the Froehlich equation (abutment scour) gives “excessively \nconservative estimates of scour depths” (Richardson and others, 1995, p. 47). Usually, \ncomputed scour depths are evaluated in combination with other information including (but \nnot limited to) historical performance during flood events, the geomorphic stability \nassessment, existing scour protection measures, and the results of the hydraulic analyses. \nTherefore, scour depths adopted by VTAOT may differ from the computed values \ndocumented herein.
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