The service-life performance of concrete bridge decks, including maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation needs, is directly related to the care exercised from the preconstruction through post-construction period. This guide provides recommendations for bridge deck construction based on considerations of durability, concrete materials, reinforcement, placing, finishing and curing, and overlays. Keywords: admixtures; aggregate; air entrainment; bridge decks; concrete curing; concrete finishing; concrete overlays; concrete placing; cracking; durability; polymer concrete; reinforcing bars; scaling; shrinkage; skid resistance.
SDO | ACI: American Concrete Institute |
Document Number | 345 |
Publication Date | Jan. 1, 2011 |
Language | en - English |
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