TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure
United States · PT corrosion · 5.8 km precast segmental box girder, 141 spans, post-tensioned tendons
The 1993 segmental bridge depends on post-tensioning tendons; two tendon failures had already been found during a routine inspection in 2000…
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