In 2017, The Maine Department of Transportation in collaboration with the Kenway Corporation and Construction Divers Inc. (CDI), completed a rehabilitation project on the Rices Bridge (#2715) over the York River in York, Maine. The project was to address the premature failure, after only 12 years, of the fusion bonded epoxy protective coatings on the exterior pier piles of the bridge, the primary layer to deter corrosion (figures 1). Rices Bridge in York is one of over 30 bridges in the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) inventory that use pipe piles in their substructure. The problem is not exclusive to this bridge as many of this type are experiencing the same premature failure of the fusion-bonded epoxy coating (FBE).
The use of cable-stayed bridges in medium- and long-span applications in the United States has increased significantly in the past ten years. Of param...
The Senate and House Appropriation Committee reports to accompany the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban D...
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