Abstract:During the construction, it is found that there are many longitudinal cracks in the baseplate of the poured segments of a three-span prestressed concrete continuous box girder bridge. After the treatment of adding the anti-crack reinforcing mesh, there are still cracks in different degrees in the subsequent segments. In order to analyze the causes of cracks and provide a basis for subsequent construction to avoid cracks, the method of theoretical calculation combined with finite element model checking is used to analyze and verify the causes of cracks. The results show that the baseplate cracks of box girder should be the shrinkage cracks of the early concrete, which are mainly caused by the excessive age difference of the concrete pouring of the adjacent segments of the box girder, and the shrinkage of the box girder being restrained by the concrete of the upper segment box girder. At the same time, the transverse effect of the longitudinal prestress and the influence of the temperature difference between the interior and the surface of the baseplate aggravate the phenomenon of concrete cracking.