Timber bridges in the United States

Public Roads

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 32-40

  Duwadi, Sheila Rimai ^a,b   Ritter, Michael A ^b,c  

^a TURNER FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory ^*

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRUSSES; WOOD;

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION; RAILROAD BRIDGE; TIMBER BRIDGES;

WOODEN BRIDGES;

EID: 0031543476     PISSN: 00333735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Robert Fletcher and J.P. Snow. "A History of the Development of Wooden Bridges," Paper #186, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.60, No. 8, Part 2. October 1934.
2. Fong L. Ou and Clyde Weller. "An Overview of Timber Bridges," paper for presentation at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 1986.
3. Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Washington, D.C.
4. National Design Specification for Wood Construction, National Forest Products Association, Washington, D.C. (see current edition).
5. Michael A. Ritter. Timber Bridges: Design, Construction, Inspection and Maintenance, EM 7700-8, USDA-Forest Service, Washington, D.C., 1990.
6. Book of Standards, American Wood-Preservers' Association (AWPA). Woodstock, Md., 1994.
7. Michael A. Ritter and T.G. Williamson. "State-of-the-Art Report: Glulam Timber Bridge Design in the U.S.," paper presented at the International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation, Working Commission W18-Timber Structures, Sydney, Australia, July 1994.
8. T.G. Williamson. "Glued-Laminated Timber for Bridge Construction," Wood Design Focus, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1990.
9. Michael A. Ritter, J.P. Wacker, and Sheila R. Duwadi. "Field Performance of Stress-Laminated Timber Bridges on Low-Volume Roads," presented at the Sixth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, Transportation Research Board, Minneapolis, Minn., June 1995.
10. Standard Specifications for the Design of Stress-Laminated Wood Decks, AASHTO, Washington, D.C., 1991.
11. J.P. Wacker, and Michael A. Ritter. Field Performance of Timber Bridges, 1. Teal River Stress-Laminated Deck Bridge, Publication Number FPL-RP-515, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, Washington, D.C., 1992.
12. The National Timber Bridge Initiative, Fiscal Year 1996, Status Report, USDA-Forest Service. Washington, D.C.
13. Sheila R. Duwadi and Michael A. Ritter. Status of Research on Timber Bridges and Related Topics, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1995.