The Growth/Stress Phenomenon: Neglected Nemesis of Bridges

This book details the growth/stress phenomena generated in jointed concrete pavements that damages bridges, and human lives. It describes the longitudinal forces that take a toll on highway bridges and pavements; and cause catastrophic failures such as the July-August 2012 life threatening pavement ruptures of Wisconsin's SR 29; or the August 1, 2007 collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis, MInnesota. The table of contents lists the following major section and chapter headings: Part 1- DECK-TRUSS BRIDGES : 1. 1-35W Mississippi River Bridge, Minneapolis, MInnesota, 2. I-90 Grand River Bridge, Lake County, Ohio; Part 2 - MULTIPLE-SPAN JOINTED BRIDGES : 1. U.S. 75 Allen G. Nichols South Canadian River Bridge, Calvin, Oklahoma. 2. Old Third Street Viaduct, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3. I-55 River des Peres Bridge, S. Louis, Missouri, 4. U.S.180 Pecos River Bridge, Carlsbad, New Mexico; Part 3 - THROUGH-TRUSS BRIDGES : 1. I-65 John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Jeffersonville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, 2. U.S. 23 Scioto River Bridge, Pike County, Ohio; Part 4 - CONTINUOUS BRIDGES : 1. U.S. 52 Little Scioto River Bridge, Portsmouth, Ohio, 2. Stanley Avenue Bridge, Dayton, Ohio, 3. I-90 Bridges of Euclid, Ohio; Part 5 - JOINTED-CONCRETE PAVEMENTS : 1. Delaware Highways before 1925, 2. New York City Blowups, 1966, New York, 3. Allen Road Blowup, 1986, Toronto, Canada, 4. SR 29 Blowups, 2012, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, 5. Distress of Jointed-Concrete Pavements; Part 6 - THE HUMAN TOLL : 1. Killed, Injured or Missing; Part 7 - GROWTH/STRESS PHENOMENON : 1, Basic Process and Magnification Factors (jointed-concrete pavements), 2. Manifestations and Characteristics; Part 8 - BRIDGE PROTECTION : 1. Force-Relief Joints, 2, Pavement Anchors, 3. Integral-Type Bridges, 4. Semi-Integral-Type Bridges; Part 9 - UNSEALED JOINTED-CONCRETE PAVEMENTS : 1. Threat from Wisconsin, 2. To Seal or Not to Seal? A Field Experiment to Resolve an Age-Old Dilemma, 3. Long-Term Performance of Unsealed Jointed-Concrete Performance; 4. Present (1997) Pavement Joint-Sealing Practices in the United States; Part 10 - JOINTED-CONCRETE PAVEMENT RESEARCH : 1. Measurement of Pavement Forces Leading to Blowups, 2. Pressure Relief and Other Joint Rehabilitation Techniques; 3. Tolerable Movement Criteria for Highway Bridges; 4. Control of Pavement Movements Adjacent to Structures; Part 11 - CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL-GRID DECKS : 1, Tremont Avenue and Cherry Street Bridges, 2. SR 14 & SR 31 Ohio River, Williamstown Bridge, 3. Main Avenue Viaduct; Part 12. ALKALI-SILICA REACTIONS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS : 1. Bridgeport Bridge, 2. Grand River bridge; Part 13 - PRAGMATIC BRIDGE-DESIGN ADMINISTRATORS : 1. Pragmatic Bridge-Design Administrators, 2. Bridge Damage in London.