Alternate substructure systems for standard highway bridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-94

  Billington, S L ^a   Barnes, R W ^b   Breen, J E ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRIDGES; PRECAST CONCRETE; SAFETY FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BRIDGE SUBSTRUCTURE; PRECAST SEGMENTAL SUBSTRUCTURE SYSTEM;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 0034830444     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2001)6:2(87)     Document Type: Article

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