Highway Bridge Replacement: Processes, Techniques, and Advancements
( Construction Materials and Engineering )
Publication series ：Construction Materials and Engineering
Author： Yong Bai and Jun Huan (The University of Kansas Lawrence KS USA) Seonghoon Kim (Georgia Southern University Statesboro GA USA)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: 9781611227123
Subject： U44 bridge and culvert engineering
Keyword： Construction
Language： ENG
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Description
It is widely acknowledged that there is an increasing problem in maintenance of the American civil infrastructure. Highways, bridges, sewers, railroads, harbors, and public buildings built in the 1950s and 1960s are wearing out, while inflation-adjusted federal spending on infrastructure has fallen. The current situation, with respect to highway bridge maintenance, is in fact so severe that many states cannot afford to attend in need of replacement, so they are focusing only on the most severe cases. Recently, rapid assessment, repair, and replacement of damaged highway bridge after extreme events have been given close attention to by government agencies, engineering and construction communities, and the general public. This book presents the complicated undertaking of highway bridge replacement in an easy-to-read format.