A significant number of U.S. bridges are rated “structurally deficient” according to the ARTBA. Specifically, about 30% of America’s bridges are in need of identifiable repair and the average age of...
Accelerated bridge construction (ABC), or “rapid bridge replacement”, is a bridge construction process that relies on advanced project planning and design, innovative materials, smarter procurement,...
Bridge deck overlays are most often used on existing bridges when their decks require rehabilitation, or when there is a lack of coverage of the deck’s steel reinforcement. However, bridge deck...
Infrastructure rehabilitation, specifically bridge rehabilitation, has been a hot topic in the public sphere over the past several years. More than a matter of statistical and academic interest,...
According to the most recent data from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), 54,259 bridges of the 612,677 in the United States are considered “structurally deficient.”...
While the latest infrastructure report card grades our infrastructure at a D+, our country’s bridges received a grade of C+ due to a high rate of structurally deficient bridges. Properly...
