Historic Bridges: Evaluation, Preservation, and Management / Edition 1

by Hojjat Adeli

Overview

Explore Historic Bridge Design through the Perspective of Modern Engineering

Historic Bridges:Evaluation, Preservation, and Management provides both an admiring and a technical account of bridge engineering through an exploration of several remarkable examples. From ancient China to modern-day Minnesota, the book discusses the history and structural evaluation of bridges, as well as their preservation, and restoration. With chapters written by renowned engineers, this unique resource —

Compares the techniques and materials used in building three railroad bridges that traversed the Mississippi at the same site in 1865, 1887, and 1910

Investigates a legendary stone-arch bridge constructed in Ancient China in 606 A.D.

Demonstrates how historians and engineers in Milwaukee found an approach to new bridge design that balances modern design standards with aesthetic interpretation

Details a collaborative team approach to historic bridge management in Minnesota

Considers the design and repair process of rapidly disappearing wrought iron bridges

Discusses preservation of stone masonry aqueducts on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

An educational treatise for engineers and historical preservationists, this work includes a wealth of illustrations and scientific tables. Demonstrating historic engineering significance beyond their utilitarian function, the bridges encountered in these pages are true landmarks, as worthy of emulation as they are preservation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367387471
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/19/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hojjat Adeli

Table of Contents

Preface vii

The Editor ix

Contributors xi

Chapter 1 Introduction Steven J. Fenves 1

Part 1 History

Chapter 2 The Mississippi River Railway Crossing at Clinton, Iowa Charles Birnstiel 9

Chapter 3 The Dragon Bridge of Li Chun in Ancient China Martin P. Burke, Jr. Huan Cheng Tang 35

Part 2 Management

Chapter 4 Bridging the Gap: Connecting Design and Historic Preservation Goals on Milwaukee County's Historic Parkway Bridges Amy R. Squitieri Bob S. Newbery 61

Chapter 5 Managing Historic Bridges in Minnesota: The Historian and the Engineer Collaborate Robert M. Frame III Steven A. Olson 77

Part 3 Evaluation

Chapter 6 Structural Deck Evaluation of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge Ching Chiaw Choo Issam E. Harik 101

Chapter 7 Extant Lenticular Iron Truss Bridges from the Berlin Iron Bridge Company Alan J. Lutenegger 125

Chapter 8 Wind and Truss Bridges: Overview of Research Frederick R. Rutz Kevin L. Rens 145

Chapter 9 Mechanical Properties of Wrought Iron from Penns Creek Bridge (1886) Stephen Buonopane Sean Kelton 167

Part 4 Preservation, Rehabilitation and Restoration

Chapter 10 The Preservation of Historic Bridges Allan King Sloan 185

Chapter 11 Preservation of Historic Iron Bridges: Adaptive Use Bridge Project, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Alan J. Lutenegger 205

Chapter 12 Preservation of Stone Masonry Aqueducts on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Denis J. McMullan Douglas E. Bond 219

Chapter 13 Rehabilitation of Two Historic Timber Covered Bridges in Massachusetts S. D. Daniel Lee Brian Brenner 243

Chapter 14 The Historic Rehabilitation of the Market Street Bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee Ian C. Engstrom 261

Chapter 15 Reinventing Squire Whipple's Bridge Joseph J. Fonzi Preston Vineyard 279