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 Photo: Courtesy of Iowa DOT The Jakway Park Bridge in Buchanan County, Iowa, has earned the right to be called innovative. It is the first North American highway bridge built with a new generation of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) PI-girders, the first highway bridge to incorporate UHPC batched in a ready-mix concrete truck, and only the third in North America built with UHPC girders. Click for more
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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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High Performance Concrete
HPC stands up to harsh elements and corrosive chemicals and offers superior durability and low maintenance.
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Designing for Continuity: Precast prestressed bridge girders made
continuous for live load
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