Power Road/CAP Canal Overpass Bridges
The Red Mountain Freeway Power Road/CAP Canal Overpass Bridges in Phoenix, Ariz. use innovative designs to cross both a six-lane highway and a canal that serves as a major link in Arizona’s water supply. These designs allowed for a concrete structure to be constructed rather than a more expensive curved welded plate girder structural steel bridge. Click for more
2010 Concrete Bridge Conference
February 24-26, 2010,
Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, Arizona
The theme of this year’s Conference is “Achieving Safe, Smart, and Sustainable Bridges” and will include many technical sessions, a tour of local bridges, a reception featuring the presentation of the 2010 Concrete Bridge Awards, and an exhibit area. A FHWA-sponsored workshop on ASR has just been added.
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Accelerated Bridge Construction
A workshop was conducted at the 2006 Concrete Bridge Conference in Reno, Nev.
to develop guidance on what is needed to further implement accelerated
bridge construction nationwide.
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NBI Report
Material Usage and Condition of Existing Bridges
in the U.S. reports that 72,749 of the U.S. bridges studied were
structurally deficient. More than half of the deficient bridges were constructed
with structural steel.
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Bridge Professors' Seminar
The 2009 seminar is scheduled for August 6-7, 2009 in Skokie, Ill. More.
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Designing for Continuity: Precast prestressed bridge girders made
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