Location
STEW 214AB
Session Number
06
Session Title
Inspection Guidelines and Criteria for Load Rating Box Beam Bridges
Track Title
Bridges
Event Description/Abstract
Adjacent box beams present difficulty in inspections and assessing interior deterioration. This presentation discusses methods to perform deterioration inspections on adjacent box beams and how to utilize field data to load rate box beams. This will be of special interest to inspectors, engineers and load raters. The objective will be to have a better understanding of deterioration and how it affects load capacity of box beam bridges.
Inspection Guidelines and Criteria for Load Rating Box Beams
STEW 214AB
Adjacent box beams present difficulty in inspections and assessing interior deterioration. This presentation discusses methods to perform deterioration inspections on adjacent box beams and how to utilize field data to load rate box beams. This will be of special interest to inspectors, engineers and load raters. The objective will be to have a better understanding of deterioration and how it affects load capacity of box beam bridges.