Expansion joint seal with load transfer and flexion

An expansion joint system, comprising:

• an elongated core,
• the elongated core composed of a resiliently compressible material,
• the elongated core having an elongated core longitudinal axis,
• the elongated core having an elongated core top,
• the elongated core top having an elongated core lateral width at the elongated core top and an elongated core bottom width at the elongated core bottom
• the elongated core having an elongated core bottom,
• the elongated core having an elongated core height intermediate the elongated core top and the elongated core bottom,
• the elongated core having an elongated core first side,
• the elongated core first side being generally perpendicular to the elongated core top,
• the elongated core having an elongated core second side,
• the elongated core second side being generally perpendicular to the elongated core top, and
• an open shaft provided into the elongated core from an elongated core first end, the open shaft having a first end shaft location at a first end of the elongated core and relative to the elongated core top and the elongated core first side and a second end shaft location near a second end of the elongated core relative to the elongated core top and the elongated core first side, the first end shaft location and the second end shaft location being misaligned;
• a longitudinal load-transfer member,
• the longitudinal load-transfer member being incompressible,
• the longitudinal load-transfer member having a longitudinal load-transfer member axis,
• the elongated core longitudinal axis and the longitudinal load-transfer member axis being parallel,
• the longitudinal load-transfer member positioned at least partly into the open shaft.