Published jointly by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Concrete Bridge Council
The current AASHTO Standard Specification for Concrete Made by Volumetric Batching and Continuous Mixing (M 241) contains a table that lists the overdesign criteria for concrete compressive strengths. The table was developed before today’s high-strength concretes existed. The ACI Building
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Thomas E. Tallman and Thomas M. Harris, Wilbur Smith Associates The Virginia Dare Bridge, the longest bridge in North Carolina, is located on US 64/264 over the Croatan Sound at Manteo. The bridge connects the mainland to Roanoke Island at
Paul Kivisto, Minnesota Department of Transportation Bridges in Minnesota experience harsh conditions with wide temperature extremes, fairly long snow and ice seasons, and many applications of deicing chemicals. The standard bridge deck protection system of the Minnesota Department of Transportation
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Paul V. Liles, Jr., Georgia Department of Transportation While attending a national conference on high performance concrete (HPC) in Houston, Texas, in 1996, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) determined that this new material would have significant applications in Georgia