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In This Issue
http://www.wvdot.com/projects/I64_Bridge/
This West Virginia Department of Transportation website
contains information about the I-64 Dunbar to South
Charleston Bridge over Kanawha River. Photographs and
three web cameras are provided to show construction
progress.
http://www.environment.transportation.org/teri_database
Thi s webs i te contains the Transpor tat ion and
Environmental Research Ideas (TERI) database. TERI is the
AASHTO Standing Committee on Environments central
storehouse for tracking and sharing new transportation
and environmental research ideas. Suggestions for
new ideas are welcome from practitioners across the
transportation and environmental community.
http://www.pcine.org
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Northeast (PCINE)
is the northeast regional arm of the national Precast/
Prestressed Concrete Institute. Click on “Resources” and
“Bridge Guidelines” for the “Guidelines for Accelerated
Bridge Construction using Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Components” mentioned on page 50.
http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us
The Snohomish County website provides the opportunity
to search for information about bridges in the county
including the award-winning South Slough Bridge 91.
http://cms.transportation.org/
This website lists the preliminary versions of the balloted
items from the AASHTO 2008 Subcommittee on Bridges
and Structures meeting. Balloted items in pdf format may
be downloaded by scrolling to the bottom of the page.
Environmental
http://environment.transportation.org/
The Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTOs
Technical Assistance Program offers a team of experts to
assist transportation and environmental agency officials
in improving environmental performance and program
delivery. The Practitioners Handbooks provide practical
advice on a range of environmental issues that arise
during the planning, development, and operation of
transportation projects.
Bridge Technology
http://www.aspirebridge.com//magazine/previous_issues.cfm
Previous issues of ASPIRE are available as pdf files and
may be downloaded as a full issue or individual articles.
Information is available about subscriptions, advertising,
and sponsors. You may also complete a reader survey to
provide us with your impressions about ASPIRE. It takes
less than 5 minutes to complete.
http://www.nationalconcretebridge.org
The National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC) website
provides information to promote quality in concrete bridge
construction as well as links to the publications of its
members.
http://www.hpcbridgeviews.org
This website contains 52 issues of HPC Bridge Views, an
electronic newsletter published jointly by the FHWA and
the NCBC to provide relevant, reliable information on all
aspects of high-performance concrete in bridges. Sign up
at this website for a free subscription.
Bridge Research
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8815
The U.S. FHWAs Turner-Fairbank Highway Research
Center (TFHRC) has released a report that provides a brief
overview of individual TFHRC laboratories, their current
activities, and laboratory managers.
http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/index.do
The Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS)
online database contains over half a million records of
published transportation research including technical
reports, books, conference proceedings, and journal
articles.
http://www.trb.org/CRP/NCHRP/NCHRPprojects.asp
This website provides a list of all National Cooperative
Highway Research Program (NCHRP) projects since 1989
and their current status. Research Field 12Bridges
generally lists projects related to bridges although projects
related to concrete materials performance may be listed in
Research Field 18Concrete Materials. Some completed
projects are described below:
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=3257
NCHRP Report 517, Extending Span Ranges of Precast
Prestressed Concrete Girders, contains the findings of
research performed to develop recommended load and
resistance factor design procedures for achieving longer
spans using precast, prestressed concrete bridge girders.
Spliced girders were identified as the design option with
the greatest potential for extending span lengths.
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8693
NCHRP Report 584 Full-Depth Precast Concrete Bridge
Deck Panel Systems examines recommended guidelines
and the AASHTO LRFD specifications language for design,
fabrication, and construction of full-depth precast concrete
bridge deck panel systems. Recommended guidelines and
proposed revisions to the LRFD specifications language are
available as online appendices.
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