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Title	COMPARATIVE COSTS OF PRESTRESSED AND CONVENTIONAL CONSTRUCTION IN TRESTLE SPANS OF FLORIDA BRIDGES
Accession No	00201631
Authors	Dean, W E
Journal Title	Highway Research Board Bulletin
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Highway Research Board
Publication Date	19560000
Abstract	DESIGN AND COST INFORMATION ARE PRESENTED ON BOTH POST- TENSIONED AND PRETENSIONED SIMPLE SPAN STRUCTURES IN FLORIDA. ACCELERATION IN USE OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE CAME FROM HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMMING REQUIRING MANY LONG TRESTLE BRIDGES, SUGGESTIVE OF MULTIPLE-USE STANDARD SHORT SPANS OVER BROAD STREAMS AND WIDE COASTAL INLETS, AND ESTABLISHMENT IN THE AREA OF SEVERAL LARGE PRETENSIONING PLANTS FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE UNITS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT PRESTRESSING HAS BECOME A FIRMLY ESTABLISHED PRACTICE AND ONE THAT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN BRIDGE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
Supplemental Information	No 144, pp 10-12, 2 FIG, 1 TAB
TRT Terms	Concrete bridges ; Costs ; Posttensioning ; Prestressed concrete ; Pretensioning ; Road construction ; Trestles
Other Terms	Comparative costs; Highway construction; Simple span
Subject Areas	H15 SOCIOECONOMICS; H25 STRUCTURES DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE
TRIS Files	HRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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