LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT BRIDGES FROM EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN

On September 21, 1999, central Taiwan experienced a destructive earthquake with thousands of lives lost and buildings felled. Highway bridges, including those constructed under modern seismic design codes, were severely damaged. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration and Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation and Communication formed an investigative team to evaluate Taiwanese highway bridge performance under the 1999 "Chi-chi" earthquake. This paper presents the preliminary findings and lessons learned from the team's investigation, conducted November 15-17, 1999.

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  Federal Highway Administration

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• Authors:
  • Yen, W-H
• Publication Date: 2002-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 20-23
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 65
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridge engineering; Earthquake resistant design; Highway bridges; Highway transportation; Inspection; Seismicity; Structural deterioration and defects
• Identifier Terms: Ministry of Transportation and Communication of Taiwan; U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Geographic Terms: Taiwan
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00824864
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 14 2002 12:00AM