CONSTRUCTING A SCENIC BRIDGE

The village of Cookville, Vermont (United States) has a well-preserved and well-defined historic district and an 80-year-old bridge that served to link the historic district to the village center. In 1997, that old bridge needed to be replaced. The new bridge located in Corinth, Vermont, is a graceful blend of aesthetics and function; the bridge is a substantial departure from typical precast or cast-in-place concrete bridges. The construction of this bridge combined the use of standard construction practices with the use of a special forming method and a unique concrete staining process to create special aesthetic concrete surfaces. The final result was a bridge that appears as if it was built by a stonemason, using stones from the brook that runs underneath it.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Perry, C R
  • Schexnayder, C J
  • Knutson, K
• Publication Date: 2004-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 216-220
• Serial:
  • Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1084-0680
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/loi/ppscfx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Bridge design; Colorants; Concrete bridges; Historic bridges; Historic sites; Masonry bridges
• Geographic Terms: Vermont
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; History; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00981442
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 22 2004 12:00AM