OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSES OF BRIDGE DAMAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK DUE TO HURRICANE AGNES
This paper evaluates the performance of bridges subjected to a major flood, determines the adequacy of design standards based on bridge performance, and recommends revisions to design standards where inadequacies are apparent. Hurricane Agnes caused severe flooding in Pennsylvania and New York, and several bridges and highways that were damaged by the floods in those states are discussed. The two major causes of bridge damage were scour at abutments and piers and impacting debris.
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Authors:
- O'Donnell, Charles L
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Conference:
- 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 20-36
- Monograph Title: Highways and the catastrophic floods of 1972
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 479
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridges; Debris removal; Defects; Design standards; Flood damage; Floods; Highways; Hurricanes; Scour
- Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Debris; Highway damage
- Geographic Terms: New York (State); Pennsylvania
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00159568
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309022657
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM