EFFECT OF SALT ON REINFORCED CONCRETE HIGHWAY BRIDGES AND PAVEMENTS

THE DETERIORATION OF BRIDGE DECK CONCRETE HAS CAUSED SERIOUS CONCERN AMONG HIGHWAY ENGINEERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CONSIDERABLE RESEARCH HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSES FOR THIS DETERIORATION. IT IS GENERALLY AGREED THAT SURFACE SPALLING IS THE MOST SERIOUS AND ANNOYING TYPE OF DISTRESS FOUND IN BRIDGE DECKS. SEVERAL RECENT RESEARCH REPORTS INDICATE THAT CORROSION OF REINFORCING STEEL IS OFTEN A FACTOR IN THE OCCURRENCE OF SURFACE SPALLS. THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO CORROSION OF REINFORCEMENT ARE DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr115/115-011.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board (HRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Hall, J N
  • Lahue, S P
  • Cunningham, P E
  • Shackelford, J D
• Discussers:
  • Shackelford, J D
  • Gold, Lorne W
  • Nitzberg, Samuel
  • Colten, Jerrold L
  • Spellman, Don L
  • Pendleton, John
  • Fiaate, Kaare
  • Chenault, Lawrence H
  • Sayward, John
  • Murchie, James A
  • Balmer, Glenn G
  • Limpert, William F
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Research
  • Location: Dartmouth New Hampshire, United States
  • Date: 1970-4-8 to 1970-4-10
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 115-128
• Monograph Title: Snow removal and ice control research
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 115
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Corrosion; Deterioration; Highway bridges; Reinforced concrete; Reinforcing steel; Sodium chloride; Sodium chloride; Spalling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207212
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM