Title:
Reducing Bridge Damage Caused by Pavement Forces Part 2: The Phenomenon
Author(s):
Martin P. Burke, Jr.
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
26
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
83-89
Keywords:
Pavement growth; pavement pressure; bridge approach; pier; jointed pavement; rigid pavement
DOI:
Date:
2/1/2004
Abstract:
This article tabulates the records of more than 20 major pavement blowups that have occurred both in this country and abroad. This, the second part of a two-part article, contains documented information about this long-term adverse pavement behavior, the effect of this behavior on end-jointed continuous bridges and jointless (or integral) bridges, and the lack of awareness within the bridge engineering profession of the pavement growth/pressure phenomenon.