The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates using fiber-reinforced, polyurethane (FRP) foams instead of honeycomb construction as the means to manufacture FRP bridge deck panels. Read the Report
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for NCHRP-IDEA 160: Super-Weathering Steel for Infrastructure Applications explores the development of new, low-cost steels with better weathering characteristics than those of current weathering steels. Project: Project Information Project Number: 20-30/IDEA 160 Read the Report
The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report for developing pile resistance factors for load and resistance factor design (LRFD) of bridges based on pile load tests. Read the Report
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that considers the long-term durability of reinforced concrete structures with external chloride concentrations different than those at the permanently immersed, tidal, and splash zones of partially-immersed bridges. Read the Report
The Oregon Department of Transportation has released a report that addresses hydro-acoustic impacts of pile driving on bridges so that highway projects remain in compliance with established noise level criteria. Read the Report
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 776: Bridge System Safety and Redundancy provides proposed revisions to the design philosophy section of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications. The following appendices are available for download: A1: Specifications A2: Commentary A3: Implementation Example for I-Girder System…
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explains the effect of bridges’ stress condition and environmental exposure on corrosion of post-tensioned strands during ungrouted periods. Read the Report
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that documents possible uses of embedded gauges and low-cost data collection systems that can monitor bridge foundations during and after construction. Read the Report
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that explains its efforts to minimize bridge end bump problems associated with differential settlement. Read the Report
The Center for Transportation Research and the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that investigates the behavior of cross frames on bridges from both a strength and stiffness perspective. Read the Report
The Center for Transportation Research and the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that provides guidance and training materials for shear strengthening of concrete bridge girders using externally bonded and anchored carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) systems. Read the Report
TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R19A-RW-1: Bridges for Service Life Beyond 100 Years: Innovative Systems, Subsystems, and Components develops approaches and procedures to enhance service life design for existing and new bridges. Read the Report
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at the North Dakota State University has released a report that presents a research program examining the performance of constructed bridges in a cold region and the behavior of concrete members strengthened with carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite sheets. Read the Report
The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a report that updates its management plan for historic bridges by collecting information on the status of Virginia’s 54 historic bridges. Read the Report
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has published NCHRP Synthesis 453 – “State Bridge Load Posting Processes and Practices”. Read NCHRP Synthesis 453
The Eastern Seaboard Inter-modal Transportation Applications Center at Hampton University has released a report that explains how acoustic emission monitoring can be used to assess corrosion and other deterioration in highway bridges so as to perform maintenance, rehabilitation, and repair. Read the Report
AASHTO Journal, 21 March 2014 A report released this week by the Indiana Department of Transportation shows that a major bridge project, constructed in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, will not only better connect the two areas and provide greater mobility, but also infuse $87 billion into the local economy and add 15,000 jobs to the area. The…
The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that explores non-destructive techniques for bridge deck assessments through using ground-coupled penetrating radar. Read the Report
Austroads has released a report that develops a traffic adjustment factor by updating and re-analyzing the loading effect of heavy vehicles on seal surfacings. Read the Report
Austroads has released a report that reviews the current Australian Standard Bridge Design guidelines for bridge load capacity assessment as a possible means to improve freight productivity. Read the Report
The Region 2 University Transportation Research Center at Columbia University has released a report that considers an approach that provides in-situ characterization of waste classification for removal of paint from bridges and other structures. Read the Report
The Region 2 University Transportation Research Center at Columbia University has released a report that presents results of a study that develops a damage detection methodology for bridges based on Statistical Pattern Recognition. Read the Report
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that discusses development of optimized sections of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) pi-girders as a way of utilizing the mechanical properties of UHPC over longer span lengths. Read the Report
TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Reliability Project R19B has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Bridges for Service Life beyond 100 Years: Service Limit State Design that explores design codes critical for bridges to reach a service live of beyond 100 years. The report also addresses performance measures and design procedures that utilize…
The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that examines the perceived costs and benefits of routine washing of both steel and concrete bridges, with an emphasis on substructure seats and bridge decks. Read the Report
The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that explores the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags as low-cost corrosion sensors of steel reinforcing bar on bridge decks. Read the Report
The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that presents results of corrosion resistance from full-scale, post-tensioned bridge systems after four and six years of tests. Read the Report
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that summarizes a workshop focused on the foundations of bridges over dry land and waterways. Read the Report
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for NCHRP-IDEA Project 162: Full-Scale Prototype Testing and Manufacturing and Installation Plans for New Scour- Vortex-Prevention scAUR and VorGAUR Products for a Representative Scour-critical Bridge addresses computational work on the effects of pier size or scale and model flume tests for other sediments, other abutment designs, and…
The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that details development of statistical analyses and machine learning-based methods for tracking the mechanical components of movable bridges. Read the Report
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