Evaluation of a Single-Span Steel-Girder Bridge Using a Steel-Free Deck System in Tama County

Principal Investigator:

Terry Wipf, tjwipf@iastate.edu (other projects)

Co-Principal Investigator:

• Brent Phares, bphares@iastate.edu (other projects)
• Wayne Klaiber, klaiber@iastate.edu (other projects)

Student Researchers:

• Van Robbins, vrobbins@iastate.edu

Project Status: In Progress

Start Date: 01/01/2003
End Date: 12/31/2006


Research Objective: The accelerated deterioration of concrete bridge decks has caused significant problems in the management and maintenance of the highway infrastructure. Recently various systems have been proposed that use no reinforcing steel in the bridge deck. The objective of this work is to monitor and evaluate the performance of one such bridge.

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