Kevin R. Pruski and Ralph Browne, Texas Department of Transportation Over the past 30 years, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has transitioned from building bridges supported by multi-column piers to using single column piers for many bridges built in
HPC Spans San Francisco Bay
Ken Beede, California Department of Transportation On October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake caused the collapse of a 50-ft (15-m) long section of the upper deck of the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. After completing emergency
HPC Bridge Views Goes Electronic
Basile G. Rabbat, National Concrete Bridge Council Welcome to the new HPC Bridge Views. Under a recent cooperative agreement between the Federal Highway Administration and the National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC), the Council will publish 22 new issues of the
Mass Concrete and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge
Ric Maggenti and Bob Brignano, California Department of Transportation Over 100 piles with diameters of 8.2 to 9.1 ft (2.5 to 2.8 m), the massive pier footings, pier walls and columns, and pier tables and diaphragms were cast-in-place normal weight,
Veterans’ Glass City Skyway—10,000 psi Mass Concrete
Jeff E. Baker, Ohio Department of Transportation and Wade S. Bonzon, FIGG Bridge Inspection, Inc. The new I-280 Veterans’ Glass City Skyway, recently completed in Toledo, Ohio, is the centerpiece of the largest single project ever undertaken by the Ohio
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