Research Project

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

Researcher(s)

Principal investigator: Terry Wipf, 515-294-9501, tjwipf@iastate.edu (project list)

Co-principal investigators:

Brent Phares, 515-294-5879, bphares@iastate.edu (project list)
Wayne Klaiber, 515-294-8763, klaiber@iastate.edu (project list)

Student researcher: Van Robbins

Project status

In progress

Start date: 01/01/03
End date: 12/31/06

Sponsor(s)/partner(s)

Sponsor(s):Tama County, Iowa

About the research

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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The Bridge Engineering Center is administered by Iowa State University's Institute for Transportation.