Precast Concrete Deck Panels [Memorandum]

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Policy & Guidance Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Policy
  • Recommendations
  • Bridge decks
  • Precast concrete
  • Reinforced concrete bridges
• Series:
  Memoranda & Guidance: Guidance
• Resource Type:
  Memorandum
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Our survey of the Regions in October 1981 indicated there were 20 States using precast concrete deck panels for bridge deck construction. Except for Florida, the survey indicated that the States were experiencing no significant problems in the use of the deck panels. Nine States reported reflective cracking in the cast-in-place concrete topping, but the tight hairline cracking was not considered a problem. However, Florida was experiencing extensive longitudinal and transverse cracking over the deck panels on many of their bridges. Florida issued a moratorium on the use of deck panels which is still in effect because of their concern about the possibility of excessively high maintenance costs due to crack related deterioration of the decks with time. Florida's problems were related to the use of non-rigid bearing of the panels on the beams and to curing problems.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92772/dot_92772_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 562.32 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e80fdef0bf7531b511a51c02ed8aea5f827d384b277b3b66be44bf55d19bc55c14c8d6c687546efb03493a249fdd62e4484eb23e9a87071be6b364b7e275ab9f