It is widely acknowledged that there is an increasing problem in maintenance of the American civil infrastructure. Highways, bridges, sewers, railroads, harbours, and public buildings built in the 1950s and 1960s are wearing out, while inflation-adjusted federal spending on infrastructure has fallen. The current situation, with respect to highway bridge maintenance, is in fact so severe that many states cannot afford to attend in need of replacement, so they are focusing only on the most severe cases. Recently, rapid assessment, repair, and replacement of damaged highway bridge after extreme events have been given close attention to by government agencies, engineering and construction communities, and the general public. This book presents the complicated undertaking of highway bridge replacement in an easy-to-read format.
- ISBN10 1628083115
- ISBN13 9781628083118
- Publish Date 1 September 2013 (first published 15 June 2011)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 170
- Language English