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FHWA's Covered Bridge Manual — Focused on Engineering and Construction
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) as amended by the TEA-21 Restoration Act established the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program (NHCBPP). This program includes preservation of covered bridges that are listed, or are eligible for listing, on the National Register of Historic Places. Beyond its primary funding focus on actual construction work on historic covered bridges, the program also includes funding of research for better means of restoring and protecting covered bridges. Technology transfer is encouraged to disseminate information on covered bridges as a means of preserving our cultural heritage. The development of the Covered Bridge Manual (hereinafter referred to as the manual) is one of the research projects funded through NHCBPP — Contract No. DTFH61-00-C-001161 that culminated in Report No. FHWA-HRT-04-098. The author of this paper was the Principal Investigator and primary author of the manual. The broad objectives of the NHCBPP research program are to find means and methods to restore and rehabilitate historic covered bridges to preserve our heritage using advanced technologies, and to assist in rehabilitating and restoring these bridges. The specific objectives of this research project are to provide comprehensive support to those readers involved with maintaining, assessing, strengthening, or rehabilitating any covered bridge. The manual is intended primarily for engineers and historic bridge preservationists to provide technical and historical information on preservation of covered bridges. It will also be of interest to others involved with these bridges—including lay people, owners, and contractors. The manual is separated into several sections with a number of chapters devoted to the specifics of each. The sections include background, description of bridge components, technical engineering issues, existing bridges, and references. The appendices include multiple case studies of existing bridge rehabilitation and construction of new authentic covered bridges. This paper and the corresponding presentation to be made at the 2008 ASCE Structures Congress in Vancouver, BC, will provide: 1 a summary of the manual, 2 discussion of the special challenges confronting engineers when working on covered bridges, 3 an update on research related to covered bridges, and 4 highlights of rehabilitation of a number of covered bridges.
FHWA's Covered Bridge Manual — Focused on Engineering and Construction
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) as amended by the TEA-21 Restoration Act established the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program (NHCBPP). This program includes preservation of covered bridges that are listed, or are eligible for listing, on the National Register of Historic Places. Beyond its primary funding focus on actual construction work on historic covered bridges, the program also includes funding of research for better means of restoring and protecting covered bridges. Technology transfer is encouraged to disseminate information on covered bridges as a means of preserving our cultural heritage. The development of the Covered Bridge Manual (hereinafter referred to as the manual) is one of the research projects funded through NHCBPP — Contract No. DTFH61-00-C-001161 that culminated in Report No. FHWA-HRT-04-098. The author of this paper was the Principal Investigator and primary author of the manual. The broad objectives of the NHCBPP research program are to find means and methods to restore and rehabilitate historic covered bridges to preserve our heritage using advanced technologies, and to assist in rehabilitating and restoring these bridges. The specific objectives of this research project are to provide comprehensive support to those readers involved with maintaining, assessing, strengthening, or rehabilitating any covered bridge. The manual is intended primarily for engineers and historic bridge preservationists to provide technical and historical information on preservation of covered bridges. It will also be of interest to others involved with these bridges—including lay people, owners, and contractors. The manual is separated into several sections with a number of chapters devoted to the specifics of each. The sections include background, description of bridge components, technical engineering issues, existing bridges, and references. The appendices include multiple case studies of existing bridge rehabilitation and construction of new authentic covered bridges. This paper and the corresponding presentation to be made at the 2008 ASCE Structures Congress in Vancouver, BC, will provide: 1 a summary of the manual, 2 discussion of the special challenges confronting engineers when working on covered bridges, 3 an update on research related to covered bridges, and 4 highlights of rehabilitation of a number of covered bridges.
FHWA's Covered Bridge Manual — Focused on Engineering and Construction
Pierce, Phillip (author)
Structures Congress 2008 ; 2008 ; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Structures Congress 2008 ; 1-12
2008-10-14
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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