Preservation treatment for wood bridge application

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2108, 2009, Pages 77-85

  Bigelow, Jake ^a   Lebow, Stan ^b   Clausen, Carol A ^b   Greimann, Lowell ^a   Wipf, Terry J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; SPECIFICATIONS; TESTING; TIMBER; WOOD PRESERVATION;

'CURRENT; BRIDGE APPLICATIONS; COST EFFECTIVE; HIGHWAYS AGENCY; INSPECTION TECHNIQUE; PRESERVATIVE TREATMENTS; REPAIR COSTS; REPLACEMENT COSTS; ROADWAY PROJECTS; TIMBER BRIDGE;

DURABILITY;

DURABILITY; FOOD; FORESTS; INSPECTION; PRESERVATION; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDS; TESTING; WOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 76149089865     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2108-09     Document Type: Article

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