ADDING SPRINKLES TO PLAIN BRIDGES

This is an overview of the Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program operated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The six-year program, which ends in 2003, looks for new ways to build with new materials, new technologies to evaluate bridges, and new materials and methods that will make bridges more resistant to natural disasters. The 157 projects funded so far have used high- performance concrete, high-performance steel girders, and fiber- reinforced polymer composite girders, as well as alternate rebars of stainless steel and high-performance steel. The FHWA is soliciting proposals for 2002 projects in March and has a Web site, <ibrc.fhwa.dot.gov>, with tips and databases on materials and techniques.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/11660022
• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Hooks, J
• Publication Date: 2001-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 16
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; High strength concrete; High strength steel; Research projects; Road materials
• Identifier Terms: Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00809418
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 3 2001 12:00AM