BRIDGE DECK DEICING STUDY-SUMMARY OF PHASE A ACTIVITIES

A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES BETWEEN JANUARY 1969 AND AUGUST 1970 IS PRESENTED. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO STUDY THE PROBLEMS OF PREFERENTIAL ICING OF BRIDGE DECKS BY (1) INSTRUMENTING A BRIDGE SITE IN ORDER TO COLLECT DATA ON THE FREQUENCY AND EXTENT OF PREFERENTIAL ICING AND THE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO IT, (2) EVALUATING CURRENT METHODS OF ICE-DETECTION AND PREDICTION, AND (3) EVALUATING COUNTERMEASURES FOR PREVENTING PREFERENTIAL ICING. THE EAST BOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 80 OF THE BRIDGE OVER BALD EAGLE CREEK IN CENTRE COUNTRY, PA., WAS INSTRUMENTED TO OBTAIN METEROROLOGICAL DATA AT THE SITE AND THE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS IN THE BRIDGE DECK AND THE APPROACHWAY. AN ICE DETECTOR WAS ALSO INSTALLED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Transportation Research Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  1215 Transportation and Safety Building
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120
• Authors:
  • Meyer, W E
  • Birnie, C
  • Biss, D
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Deicing; Detectors; Ice; Meteorological phenomena; Temperature gradients
• Old TRIS Terms: Meteorological data
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218066
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Study No 68-35
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1972 12:00AM