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Title:

EUROPEAN PRACTICE FOR BRIDGE SCOUR AND STREAM INSTABILITY COUNTERMEASURES

Accession Number:

00789744

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309071224

Abstract:

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the Transportation Research Board sponsored a scanning review of European practice for bridge scour and stream instability countermeasures in October 1998. The review involved a panel of representatives from six state highway agencies (California, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, and South Carolina), FHWA, two universities, and the private sector. The review included visits to hydraulic research laboratories, highway research institutes, and field sites in four countries - Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Findings during the scanning review can be classified as general observations and observations of specific countermeasures. General observations of European practice include design philosophy, risk analysis, environmental policy, river geomorphology, scour prediction, modeling, and inspection and monitoring. Observations of specific countermeasures include riprap design and construction, filter design and construction, river-training structures, riverbed degradation countermeasures, bioengineering, and flow-altering devices. These observations are contrasted with U.S. practice. The panel's recommendations for modifying U.S. practice on the basis of the European experience and findings that deserve further evaluation are also presented.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1696, Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference, April 3-5, 2000, Tampa, Florida, Volume 2. The revised name of this series is Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bryson, D W
Ghere, D G
Hulbert, W H

Pagination:

p. 236-243

Publication Date:

2000

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1696
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference

Location: Tampa, Florida
Date: 2000-4-3 to 2000-4-5
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; Federal Highway Administration; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; and Florida Department of Transportation.

ISBN:

0309071224

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (22)

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Mar 9 2000 12:00AM