ALL DECKED OUT : NEW CARQUINEZ BRIDGE RECEIVED FULL TREATMENT FOR SURFACE PROTECTION

The recently built Al Zampa Memorial Bridge, located on the Carquinez Strait 20 miles northeast of San Francisco, California, required a highly effective waterproofing system that would protect its steel orthotropic deck from corrosion. The method chosen would need to have tolerance for large deck and air temperature fluctuations as well as sea fog. Since the project also involved a tight application schedule and one that would allow construction vehicles to travel on the deck surface shortly after application, a speedy application and cure period was required. This article describes how the waterproofing method, involving a rapid-curing, seamless, spray-applied membrane, was chosen and successfully applied.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/11660022
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range : pp 55-56, 58
• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Publication Date: 2004-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge engineering; Corrosion protection; Orthotropic; Steel structures; Suspension bridges; Waterproofing
• Identifier Terms: Al Zampa Memorial Bridge
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00979330
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 5 2004 12:00AM