Ed Wasserman, Tennessee Department of Transportation On July 6, 2004, bridge inspectors advised the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County to close a 60-year old viaduct crossing the rail yard of the CSX Railroad; thereby eliminating one of the
HPC for a Context Sensitive Bridge Replacement
Richard E. Hart, Oregon Department of Transportation Spring Creek in Klamath County, OR, is spring fed and is approximately 2-1/4 miles (3.6 km) in length from its source to its confluence with the Williamson River, at about 1/8 mile (0.2
Producer’s Experience with 10,000 psi Concrete and 0.7-in. Diameter Strands
George Schuler, Coreslab Structures (Omaha) Inc. The Pacific Street Bridge over I-680 in Omaha, NE, was constructed as the culmination of ongoing research to test the impact of using 0.7-in. (17.8-mm) diameter strands in NU I-girders. The objective of the
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Louisiana’s First 10,000 psi Box Girder Bridge with U-Beams
Rudy McLellan, Formerly HNTB Corporation The major benefit of the proposed North Boulevard project was to improve access for highway traffic to either enter or exit the downtown area of the city of Baton Rouge without railroad train operations constantly
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HPC in Iowa
Ahmad Abu-Hawash and Norman McDonald, Iowa Department of Transportation In the September/October 2003 issue of HPC Bridge Views, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) discussed its strategy and performance requirements for using high performance concrete (HPC) on one of the biggest