Just the right balance

Engineers and historians could not let their concern for preservation deter them from also ensuring functionality and safety in rehabilitating the iconic Bridge of Lions, in St. Augustine, Florida - one of the nation's oldest cities. For this historically important community the reopening of the revitalized bridge marks a victory that was nearly 30 years in the making.

• Record URL:
  http://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/ciegag.0000360
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/10480594
• Authors:
  • Haynes, Jack
  • Klevens, G Alan
  • Pullaro, Joseph J
  • Sweeney, David T
• Publication Date: 2011-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 58-63, 84-85
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arch bridges; Historic preservation; Preservation; Rehabilitation (Maintenance)
• Identifier Terms: Bridge of Lions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Revitalization
• Geographic Terms: Saint Augustine (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I53: Construction of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01351829
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Sep 9 2011 10:45AM