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
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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