A Context For Common Historic Bridge Types
This study covers bridges built in the United States through 1955, up to the year of the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which created the Interstate Highway System. It is intended to provide assistance to practitioners with assessing the historic significance of bridge types within the context of the United States, and can improve the significance evaluation process through providing a picture of the bridge types that are very common and those that are much less common, as well as providing an assessment of the technological and historical significance of the individual types. The study lays the foundation for evaluating whether a bridge to be removed requires additional documentation. (It is important to note that the study does not address one-of-a kind and other rare historic bridges.)
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Supplemental Notes:
- This study was requested by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and conducted as part of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 25-25. Project 25-25 is intended to fund quick response studies on behalf of the AASHTO Standing Committee on the Environment.
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Corporate Authors:
Parsons Brinckerhoff
100 South Charles Street
Baltimore, MD United States 21201 - Publication Date: 2005-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 239p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Historic bridges; Historic preservation; Types of bridges
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01499304
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP Project 25-25, Task 15
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 21 2013 9:16AM