THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAVEMENT EXPANSION JOINTS

FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION OF TRANSVERSE CRACKS IN BRIDGE APPROACH SLABS AND APPROACH PAVEMENT FAILURES, THE RESULTS OF A PAVEMENT BLOW-UP SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1970 ARE PRESENTED. ILLUSTRATIONS AND INFORMATION ON PAVEMENT EXPANSION JOINTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. BASED ON THE MATERIAL PRESENTED, IT APPEARS THAT THE JOINTED CONCRETE PAVEMENTS THROUGHOUT OHIO HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT ADEQUATE EXPANSION PROVISIONS. AS A RESULT OF THIS INADEQUACY, SEVERE BRIDGE DAMAGE AND RAPID DEGENERATION ARE BEING EXPERIENCED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 26TH PROC
• Authors:
  • Burke, M P
• Conference:
  • Ohio Highway Engineering Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1972-4-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 61-113

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blowup (Pavements); Bridge approaches; Concrete pavements; Expansion joints; Failure; Slabs; Transverse cracking
• ITRD Terms: 5248: Blow up
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219175
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM