Feasibility Study for Rapid Evaluation of Bridge Decks

The deterioration of concrete bridge decks presents a maintenance challenge for most transportation agencies and bridge owners. When a bridge deck exhibits a significant percentage of degraded area decisions must be made regarding approaches for repair. Potential methods include patching, hydro-blasting with subsequent partial depth overlay, and replacement of the deck. To aid in decision making, different methods for bridge deck evaluation have been employed by the SCDOT including visual inspection, chain dragging, and chloride sampling. While these methods are informative, they have the drawback of requiring traffic control, thereby increasing the cost of the evaluation and decreasing safety of workers during the evaluation.

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