New Mexico's Practice and Experience in Using Continuous Spans for Jointless Bridges

This paper presents a cursory review of jointless bridge development in New Mexico. After briefly outlining some key settings in New Mexico, it classifies New Mexico jointless bridges into five recognizable types. Then the paper provides a brief review that uses a few project examples to illustrate problems faced in New Mexico jointless bridges and how some major details developed in different bridge types, to address these issues. The subject then turns to consider opportunities for quality improvement. The final paper account is a brief discussion of methods that might be used to address these problem opportunities.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.cemr.wvu.edu/cfc/conference/Proceeding.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia University, Morgantown

  Constructed Facilities Center
  Morgantown, WV  United States  26506-6101

  West Virginia Department of Transportation

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  Charleston, WV  United States  25305-0440

  Federal Highway Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Maberry, Steven
  • Camp, Jimmy D
  • Bowser, Joan D
• Conference:
  • Integral Abutment and Jointless Bridges (IAJB 2005)
  • Location: Baltimore Maryland, United States
  • Date: 2005-3-16 to 2005-3-18
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 125-135
• Monograph Title: Integral Abutment and Jointless Bridges (IAJB 2005), March 16-18, 2005, Baltimore, Maryland

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Continuous girder bridges; Jointless bridges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integral abutments
• Geographic Terms: New Mexico
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01090100
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 20 2008 8:55AM