Published jointly by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Concrete Bridge Council
Mark A. Gaines, Washington State Department of Transportation and Michelle L. Tragesser, Parametrix The Hood Canal Bridge provides an important link between the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas in northwestern Washington State. The bridge is the longest floating bridge over saltwater
Read More >>Hood Canal Bridge West-Half Retrofit and East-Half Replacement
Alison Smith, URS Corporation The North Avenue Bridge spanning the Chicago River has been a part of Chicago history for over 100 years. The original structure was one of the oldest bridges in the city—a steel trunnion bascule bridge, built
Read More >>North Avenue Bridge Reconstruction – A Modern High Performance Structure
The Jeff Danzer Bridge, formerly known as the Dixon Mill Road bridge, is located over the Little Scioto River in Scioto County, Southern Ohio. The bridge is a 201-ft 6-in. (61.4-m) long, two-lane, single span, precast, prestressed concrete structure. It
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
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