Browsing by Subject "Bridges"
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(2009-05-15)The Georgia Department of Transportation has been installing steel pedestals on bridges, ranging in height up to 33½” (0.85m) to increase the vertical clearance of many multi-span simply-supported and multi-span continuous ...
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1991)The current rate of deterioration of highway bridges in the United States has created the need for a comprehensive bridge management system (BMS). This need has also been recognized in Texas, necessitating the development ...
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(2009-05-15)Bridges with low clearance are vulnerable to collision with overheight vehicles. Collisions of overheight vehicles can cause fatalities and injuries to the drivers and passengers of the overheight vehicles, and damage to ...
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(2016-01-07)Many aging timber railroad bridges are currently in use throughout the United States, and these bridges are being exposed to increasingly heavy loads from rolling stock and other harsh conditions. This could lead to flexural ...
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)Bridge traffic in lanes adjacent to a deck that is being widened or replaced causes movements in the fresh concrete deck. A study of the effects of these movements in concrete decks is reported here. An experimental ...
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Experimental Testing and Behavior Of TxDOT "Poor-Boy" Link Slab Details for Multi-Span Bridge Decks (2023-07-24)This research investigated the behavior and performance of link slabs in bridge decks, focusing on details for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) standard bridges and modifications to those details. Several bridge ...
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(2020-04-13)United States trucking industry has an annual revenue output of $725 billion and is expected to grow by over 40 percent by 2045. The biggest challenges faced by the industry is the ever-increasing oil prices and the shortage ...
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)In this research a model is developed to aid decision making in the allocation of limited funds in the improvement of a large-scale, rural road-bridge transportation system. After applying a geographic decomposition scheme ...
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 1919-06-16)
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)An improved Safety Index Model is developed for narrow bridges using a statistical approach when bridge and approach roadway characteristics are known. Information was collected regarding the variables such as bridge width, ...
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(2012-09-19)Overheight vehicle impact to bridge decks is a major problem in the transportation networks in the United States. An important factor that causes this problem is inadequate vertical clearance of bridges. Using steel pedestals ...
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)
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(Physical: John D. Wheelan; Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, 2011-09-05)