Inspection and Assessment of Highway Bridges in Jordan along the Desert Highway: A Case Study
2019
Bridges, especially highway bridges, are a key factor in nations’
development and flourish. Thus, great care should be taken to maintain and
inspect their safety and serviceability. An immediate repair will prevent the
loss of life and vehicles damage while crossing underpass and overpassing the heavy deteriorated bridges. Reinforced or pre-stressed concrete
bridge girders become structurally deficient because of severed reasons
including, increasing in the load requirements, corrosion of pre-stressing
strands or reinforcement bars and collision of over-height trucks with the bulb of the concrete girders. The
purpose of this case study is to evaluate and assess the damages of the highway
bridges in Jordan. Since there is no mandatory program in Jordan for inspection
of bridges and evaluating their conditions, this paper presents an inspection
and assessment of two highway bridges along the desert highway which is the
essential nerve connecting Jordan cities, and it also serves as an international road between many middle east countries.
These two Bridges have never been investigated or checked since their
construction in the late 1980s. The study results showed that the main factor
causing the deterioration of these bridges is the collision of the over-height
trucks with their elements. Relying on the collected data, solutions and repair
methods were introduced to rehabilitate these bridges and assure their structural
safety.
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