In May of 1981 the Oregon State Highway Division was asked by the Federal Highway Administration to participate in a long term deck deterioration study. The study, an extension of an earlier study was finalized in 1979, was to run through 1990. Review of the data in 1987 made it apparent that further study would not produce any more meaningful information. FHWA was informed and agreed that further study was not warranted.
The Division chose seven bridges to monitor. Five of the bridges had membranes and two had test sections of epoxy coated rebar. visual inspections were to made annually and detailed inspections were scheduled for 1985 and 1990.
This summary report presents the work done from 1981 through 1987, including field tests, results and conclusions.
In this study, the corrosion protection performance of epoxy-coated reinforcing steel(ECR) was evaluated using approximately 250 concrete cores from 1...
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