Abstract: This article reports on the results of two actions that were taken to assess the nature, extent, and primary causes of highway bridge deterioration in Alabama. The first was a mail survey questionnaire that was sent to all ...

Abstract: To gain a better understanding of how highway bridges in Alabama are performing in the area of durability/longevity, a review of the historical bridge records of the Alabama Department of Transportation was performed. ...

Abstract: A factor that typically receives too little consideration in bridge work is durability, and the time to begin thinking about durability is at the beginning of the bridge planning and design phase. Once a bridge is designed ...

Abstract: A consideration that frequently receives too little attention in bridge design is durability. Probably the most important decisions made regarding the future durability/longevity of a bridge are made at the very beginning ...

Abstract: A design consideration that probably receives too little attention in bridge design and in concrete mixture design as well, is durability. One of the primary factors affecting concrete bridge durability is cracking. This ...