Patent ID: 8323550

Claim:
A method for constructing a bridge decking panel using a paving material that can be cast, the method comprising: (a) constructing a form having outer sidewalls with an inner surface configured in the desired size and shape of the outer sidewalls of the bridge decking panel and having a bottom wall for forming most of the bottom surface of the decking panels; (b) fastening a channel-forming sheet of material to the bottom wall of the form, the sheet extending from a sidewall to an opposite sidewall entirely across the form, the sheet having a width and a height to form a channel in the underside of the decking panel; (c) setting upon the channel-forming sheet an anchor plate assembly comprising: (i) a pair of parallel runner bars resting upon the bottom wall of the form and extending longitudinally along the channel-forming sheet, the runner bars being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of the channel-forming sheet; (ii) at least one cross bar transversely spanning and fixed to the runner bars; (iii) studs fixed to the runner bars or a cross bar or both and extending upwardly for being encased in the paving material; and (iv) a plurality of first fastener components fixed to the runner bars at spaced intervals, each first fastener component adapted for engagement with a mating second fastener component; and (d) inserting a flowable paving material into the form and around the anchor plate assembly that is set upon the channel-forming sheet.