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Industry Publications - HPC Bridge Views

Below are links to HPC Bridge Views in PDF format. Published by the FHwA and NCBC, HPC Bridge Views is a bimonthly newsletter providing timely information on High Performance Concrete as it is used in transportation structures.

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Issue 68 July/ Aug 2011

• HPC Bridge Views - Then and Now - Susan N. Lane
• Self-Consolidating Concrete for Caissons in the Stalnaker Run Bridge - Joseph G. Sweet and Roger H. L. Chen
• Q & A - Henry G. Russell

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Issue 67 May/June 2011

• Wisconsin's Experience with HPC Bridge Decks - James M. Parry
• HSC for Route 22 Bridge over the Kentucky River - Steve Schweitzer
• Curing, Shrinkage, and Cracking of Ternary Concrete Mixes - Tommy E. Nantung

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Issue 66 Mar/Apr 2011

• HPC for Route 36 Highlands Bridge, NJ - Chester Kolota
• High Strength Concrete for the Hoosick River Crossing - Ben Cota
• Field-Cast UHPC Connections for Modular Bridge Deck Elements - Ben Graybeal
• Finding Articles in HPC Bridge Views - Susan N. Lane

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Issue 65 Jan/Feb 2011

• FHWA's Every Day Counts Initiative - M. Myint Lwin and Louis N. Triandafilou
• Ultra-High Performance Concrete Waffle Slab Bridge Deck for Wapello County, Iowa
• Q & A

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Issue 64 Nov/Dec 2010

• Implementing Self-Consolidating Concrete Technology in Washington State, Bijan Khaleghi
• HPC for the Spliced Girders of Kealakaha Stream Bridge - Hawaii, Chuck Prussack
• Transfer and Development Length of 0.7-in. (17.8-mm) Diameter Strands in Pretensioned Concrete Bridge Girders, George Morcous, Kromel Hanna, and Maher K. Tadros
• Testing and Predicting the Modulus of Elasticity of Concrete, Henry G. Russell

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Issue 63 Sept/Oct 2010

• The Colorado River Bridge at Hoover Dam—Overview, Dave Zanetell
• The Colorado River Bridge at Hoover Dam—Design Aspects with HPC, David Goodyear
• The Colorado River Bridge at Hoover Dam—Concrete Production and Placement, Jeff St. John

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Issue 62 July/Aug 2010

• HPC for the Angeles Crest Bridge 1, Jose Higareda
• HPC for the I-10 Bridges in Louisiana, John Horn
• AASHTO Adopts Recommended Practice on Alkali-Silica Reactivity, Gina Ahlstrom

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Issue 61 May/June 2010

• High Strength Lightweight Concrete for Use in Precast, Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders in Georgia, Paul Liles
• High Strength Lightweight Concrete Properties of the I-85 Ramp over State Route 34, R. Brett Holland and Lawrence F. Kahn
• Measurement of Air Content in Concrete, Michelle L. Wilson

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Issue 60 Mar/April 2010

• High Performance Concrete Bridge Decks Revisited, David W. Mokarem and Mohammad S. Khan
• High Strength Concrete for the Girders of Colorado's SH58 Ramp A Flyover, Gregg A. Reese
• FHWA Research Program on Lightweight High Performance Concrete, Gary S. Greene, Jr. and Benjamin Graybeal
• ASTM Test Method for Static Segregation Resistance of Self-Consolidating Concrete, Henry G. Russell

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Issue 59 Jan/Feb 2010

• HPC for the North-South Road Grade Separation Structure, Hawaii - H. Hamada, KSF, Inc.
• HPC Precast Panels Provide Accelerated Construction of 24th Street Bridge - A. Abu-Hawash, Iowa Department of Transportation and H. Khalil, HDR Inc.
• Specifying High Strength Lightweight Concrete for Bridges - R. Castrodale and K. Harmon, Carolina Stalite Company

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Issue 58 Nov/Dec 2009

• HPC for the Rigolets Pass Bridge - R. Mumphrey and K. Yap, Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development
• Rigolets Pass Bridge—HPC Material Property Studies - J. Roller, CTLGroup and R. Bruce, Tulane University
• Concrete Permeability Testing – Part 1 - D. Stephen Lane, Virginia Transportation Research Council
• Concrete Permeability Testing – Part 2 - D. Stephen Lane, Virginia

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Issue 57 Sept/Oct 2009

• Letter to the Editor from the Silica Fume Association - Executive Board of the Silica Fume Association
• Ultra-High Performance Concrete in Iowa - Dean Bierwagen, Ahmad Abu-Hawash, Brian Moore and Brian Keierleber
• Green Mass Concrete for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - Ric Maggenti
• High Strength Concrete for the Roslyn Viaduct - Patricia Barnes, Larry McAllen, and Wayne Moore
• Importance of End Surface Preparation when Testing High Strength Concrete Cylinders - Michael A. Caldarone and Ronald G. Burg

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Issue 56 July/Aug 2009

• The Evolution of HPC in Vermont, Jim Wild
• Pennsylvania's Experience with HPC Bridge Decks, Patricia Miller
• Introduction of HPC by the Maine DOT, Michael Redmond

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Issue 54 Mar/Apr 2009

• HPC for a Context Sensitive Bridge Replacement, Richard E. Hart
• Demonbreun Street Viaduct, Ed Wasserman
• Louisiana’s First 10,000 psi Box Girder Bridge with U-Beams, Rudy McLellan
• Producer’s Experience with 10,000 psi Concrete and 0.7-in. Diameter Strands, George Schuler

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Issue 53 Jan/Feb 2009

• Updated FHWA HPC Survey, Louis N. Triandafilou
• HPC in Iowa, Ahmad Abu-Hawash and Norman McDonald
• SCC for the Route 52 Bridge over the Wallkill River, Mathew Royce

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Issue 52 Nov/Dec 2008

• I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge, Jon Chiglo
• HPC for 100-Year Life Span, Alan R. Phipps
• High Performance Concrete for the I-35W Bridge, Kevin MacDonald

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Issue 51 Sept/Oct 2008

• FHWA Alkali-Silica Reactivity Development and Deployment Program by
  Gina Ahlstrom, Federal Highway Administration
• Guide Specification for Concrete Subject to ASR by Beatrix Kerkoff, Consultant to the Portland Cement Association
• ASR Prevention in Texas by Brian D. Merrill, Texas Department of Transportation
• Virginia's Approach to ASR by D. Stephen Lane, Virginia Transportation Research Council
  

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Issue 50 July/Aug 2008

• Self-Consolidating Concrete Bridge Applications are Expanding
• Self-Consolidating Concrete for Beams Speeds Biloxi Bay Bridge Construction
• Implementing SCC Technology in Nebraska—All About Working Together
• ASTM Test Methods for Self-Consolidating Concrete

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Issue 49 May/June 2008

• Lightweight Concrete and the New Benicia-Martinez Bridge
• Lightweight Concrete for the Route 33 Bridge over the Mattaponi River
• Jeff Danzer Bridge, Ohio
• Creep and Shrinkage of Structural Lightweight Concretes

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Issue 48 Sept/Oct 2007

• Hood Canal Bridge West-Half Retrofit and East-Half Replacement
• North Avenue Bridge Reconstruction

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Issue No. 46 Sept/Oct 2007

• Specifications to Reduce Bridge Deck Cracking by JoAnn Browning, David Darwin and Kenneth F. Hurst
• Controlling Concrete Bridge Deck Cracking in Indiana by Robert J. Frosch
• Cracking in Colorado Bridge Decks by Yunping Xi
• Great Salt Lake Causeway Railroad Bridge by Anthony N. Kojundic
• HPC Tests—Unrestrained Drying Shrinkage by Jerry Zemajtis

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Issue No. 45 / Fall 2006

• Reducing Cracks in Concrete Bridge Decks by M. Myint Lwin and Henry G. Russell
• Early Age Cracking in South Carolina’s Bridge Decks by Aly A. Hussein
• Mitigating Deck Cracking in Pennsylvania by Bryan Spangler and Paul J. Tikalsky
• Q&A: How do we measure the cracking tendency of concrete?
  

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Issue No. 44 / Summer 2006

• Federal Response to Bridge Emergencies by M. Myint Lwin and Luis N. Triandafilou
• I-10 Twin Bridges in Louisiana by Paul B. Fossier
• I-10 Bridge over Escambia Bay by Thomas A. Andres
  

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Issue No. 43 Spring 06

• SAFETEA-LU HPC Bridge Research and Deployment Program by Myint Lwin and Shri Bhide
• New Jersey's First Segmental Concrete Bridge by Jose Rodriguez and Harry A. Capers
• New York State's Use of High Strength High Performance Concrete by Mathew Royce
• HPC Mixture Development for Montana Using Local Materials by John Lawler, Paul Krauss, and Craig Abernathy
• The Impact of Fly Ash on Air-Entrained Concrete by Russell L. Hill and Kevin J. Folliard
  

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Issue No. 42 Nov/Dec 05

• Louisiana’s HPC Development – A High Performance Contract
  by Paul B. Fossier and Harold R. Paul
• Atlanta’s Fifth Runway Bridges by John A. Heath
• Creep Testing by Jerzy Zemajtis

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Issue No. 41 Sep/Oct 05

• Cooper River Bridge – A High Performance Contract by Charles Dwyer
• Design Challenges by Michael J. Abrahams
• Construction Challenges by Wade Watson
• Concrete Supplier’s Challenges by David Hand

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Issue No. 40 Jul/Aug 05

• 120-Year Bridge Service Life, Is It Possible? by Tarif M. Jaber
• Galveston Bay Bridges by Kevin Pruski
• HPC Tests ­ Sulfate Resistance by Rachel Detwiler
• Q&A: What is the status on the use of self-consolidating concrete in bridges?

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Issue No. 39 May/Jun 05

• HPC for Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge by Alan Kite
• Improved Compressive Strength Testing by Nicholas J. Carino

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Issue No. 38 Mar/Apr 05

• HPC Structural Designers’ Guide by Louis N. Triandafilou
• Guide Specification for HPC Bridge Elements by Peter C. Taylor and Shri Bhidé
• HPC Overlay for Green River Bridge, Utah by Tarif Jaber
• Deck Cracking Repair Criteria in Texas by William R. Cox

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Issue No. 37 Jan/Feb 05

• HPC In Vermont by Jim Wild
• The Evolution of HPC In Virginia by Claude S. Napier, Jr.
• The Rapid Migration Test for HPC by Kyle Stanish, R. Doug Hooton, and Michael D.A. Thomas
• Q&A: What is the maximum modulus of elasticity that can be
  achieved with lightweight HPC?

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Issue No. 36 Nov/Dec 04

• HPC for Decks in Nevada by Sohila Bemanian
• Lessons Learned in New Hampshire by Mark D. Whittemore and Peter E. Stamnas
• HPC Tests – Alkali-Silica Reaction by William G. Hime
• Performance Based Durability Specifications by Véronique Baroghel-Bouny

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Issue No. 35 Sep/Oct 04

• HPC in Montana by Craig Abernathy
• Evolution of HPC in Washington State by Jerry Weigel
• HPC and FRP for Colorado Bridge Deck by Tarif Jaber and Ahmad Ardani
• Q&A: Can I use the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications for concrete strengths above 10 ksi (69 MPa)?

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Issue No. 34 Jul/Aug 04

• HPC in Alaska by Elmer E. Marx
• HPC Deck Panels for Jacques Cartier Bridge by Adel R. Zaki and Bernard Breault
• The Air Void Analyzer by Gary Crawford
• Q&A: When using match curing to determine the release strength of prestressed concrete beams, where should the temperature sensor in the beam be placed?

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Issue No. 33 May/Jun 04

• Prefabricated Bridges for Rapid Construction by Mary Lou Ralls
• Maximum Effective Concrete Strengths in Pretensioned Beams by Henry G. Russell
• Self-Consolidating Concrete in Maine by Joseph L. Hartmann
• Q&A: Does the use of high strength concrete reduce prestress losses in pretensioned bridge beams? by Maher K. Tadros

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Issue No. 32 Mar/Apr 04

• HPC Implementation Status by Louis N. Triandafilou
• HPC Guide Specification for Bridges by Rachel Detwiler and Shri Bhide
• Lightweight HPC on Route 106 Bridge in Virginia by H. Celik Ozyildirim
• Q&A: What curing is necessary for HPC precast, prestressed concrete beams after the strands are detensioned? by Jerry Potter 

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Issue No. 31 Jan/Feb 03

• New Jersey’s Move to HPC by Harry A. Capers, Jr. and Hani Nassif
• Large-Scale Use of HPC for Bridges at Toronto Airport by Ken Bontius
• Great Bend Bridge over the Susquehana River by Thomas Drda and Bryan Spangler
• Q&A: How Can Verticle Pre-Release Cracks in Prestressed Concrete Beams be Avoided by Paul Zia

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Issue No. 30 Nov/Dec 03

• HPC for the Sacramento River Bridge by Basem H. Alsamman and Mark A. Darnall
• Mass Concrete in the Carquinez Bridge by Ric Maggenti
• Evolution of HPC Specifications in Texas by Kevin R. Pruski, William R. Cox, and Mary Lou Ralls
• Q&A: What Can be Done to Reduce Cracking in a Concrete Bridge Deck? by David Darwin

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Issue No. 29 Sep/Oct 03

• HPC for I-235 Bridge Reconstruction in Iowa by Kenneth F. Dunker
• HPC for Cooper River Bridges by Michael J. Abrahams
• Specification Changes for HPC

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Issue No. 28 Jul/Aug 03

• HPC In Georgia by Paul V. Liles, Jr.
• High Performance Concrete Bridge Decks in Minnesota by Paul Kivisto
• The Virginia Dare Bridge, NC by Thomas E. Tallman and homas M. Harris
• Specification Changes for HPC Compressive Strength by Henry Russell

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Issue No. 27 May/Jun 03

• HPC for Wacker Drive Reconstruction by S.L. Kaderbek
• The Owner's Representative's Perspective by Timothy P. Schmidt
• The Contractor's Perspective by Kyle Schultz
• The Concrete Supplier's Perspective by Gary Hall

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Issue No. 26 Mar/Apr 03

• HPC Accomplishments Under TEA-21 - What's Next? by Louis N. Triandafilou
• HPC on the Ohio Turnpike by William R. Fleischman
• HPC Pretensioned Girders for the Methow River Bridge by Stephen J. Seguirant
• Sturgeon River Bridge: 100-Year Service Life by Dale Serink
• Q&A: What Value of Chloride Permeability Should I Specify for a Bridge Deck? By Celik Ozyildirim

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Issue No. 25 Nov/Dec 02

• The Bridge of the Future by Steven B. Chase
• HPC Facilitates I-65 Bridge by Fred Conway
• HPC Comes to New Mexico by Sherman Peterson
• Specification Changes for HPC - Curing Concrete Bridge Decks

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Issue No. 24 Oct/Nov 02

• HPC Bridges in Canada by Rico Fung
• Ohio HPC Bridge Decks with Warranty by Harold Schultz
• Benefits of Ternary Mixtures by Paul Tennis
• Specification Changes for HPC - Accelerated Curing

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Issue No. 23 Sept/Oct 02

• New York State - Full-Scale Implementation of HPC by Mathew Royce
• HPC on the I-15 Reconstruction Project by Raymond D. Cook
• Benefits of Air Entrainment in HPC by Beatrix Kerkhoff
• Specification Changes for HPC - Classes of Concrete and Cementitious

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Issue No. 22 - Jul/Aug 02

• Delaware's HPC Bridges by James T. Pappas
• The Bow River Bridge - A Precast Record by Karen A. Bexten, Shane Hennessey, and Bill LeBlanc
• Benefits of Chemical Admixtures in HPC by Michael A. Caldarone
• Q&A: What Is Service Life and How Is It Predicted? by Shri Bhidé

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Issue No. 21 - May/Jun 02

• Prefabrication Minimizes Traffic Disruptions by Kevin R. Pruski, Ronald D. Medlock, and Mary Lou Ralls
• Shear Tests of High-Strength Concrete Girders by John J. Roller, Robert N. Bruce, and Henry G. Russell
• Benefits of Corrosion Inhibitors in HPC by James M. Gaidis and Arnold M. Rosenberg
• Q&A: Should high-strength concrete be used for cast-in-place concrete bridge decks? by Kevin Pruski; and Jerry L. Potter

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Issue No. 20 - Mar/Apr 02

• Implementation of A Strategic Plan for HPC Bridges by Suneel N. Vanikar
• NCDOT's Experience with HPC by Tom Koch
• Benefits of Fly Ash in HPC by American Coal Ash Association
• Q&A: Does HPC Need to be Air Entrained for Frost Resistance?

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Issue No. 20 - Mar/Apr 02

• Implementation of A Strategic Plan for HPC Bridges by Suneel N. Vanikar
• NCDOT's Experience with HPC by Tom Koch
• Benefits of Fly Ash in HPC by American Coal Ash Association
• Q&A: Does HPC Need to be Air Entrained for Frost Resistance?

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Issue No. 19 - Jan/Feb 02

• Renewal of FHWA's HPC Technology Delivery Team by Terry D. Halkyard
• Benefits of Slag Cement in HPC by Jan R. Prusinski
• HPC for Chicago's Wacker Drive by Stan L. Kaderbek

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Issue No. 18 - Nov/Dec 01

• Maryland SHA's First HPC Structure by Paul Finnerty, Vicki Stewart, and Rodney Meyers
• Self-Consolidating Concrete - A New Class of Concrete by Kamal H. Khayat
• Benefits of Different Cements in HPC by Paul D. Tennis
• Letters To The Editor: Letter concerning Issue No. 15 devoted to HPC Bridge Decks by Pierre-Claude Aitcin

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Issue No. 17 - Sep/Oct 01

• A Strategic Plan for HPC Bridges by Basile G. Rabbat
• HPC Repeat Success in New Hampshire by Mark D. Whittemore
• Benefits of Lightweight HPC by Thomas A. Holm and John P. Ries
• Compilation of Results from HPC Bridges by Henry G. Russell

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Issue No. 16 - Jul/Aug 01

• South Dakota's First HPC Bridge by Hadly G. Eisenbeisz
• County Bridges in Ohio by Stephen Mary, and Richard A. Miller
• Benefits of Silica Fume In HPC by Terence C. Holland
• Letters To The Editor: Letters concerning the article entitled "Capping Cylinders …" in Issue No. 14 by Nicholas J. Carino, Richard D. Gaynor, Ronald G. Burg, and Peter G. Snow; Authors' Response; Editor's Comment
• Q&A; What is Reactive Powder Concrete? by Vic Perry

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Issue No. 15 - May/Jun 01

• Curing for HPC Bridge Decks — Bring on the Water! by Michael F. Praul
• HPC Bridge Decks in Washington State by Bijan Khaleghi and Jerry Weigel
• Capping Cylinders for Testing High Strength Concrete by Jon I. Mullarky and Leif Wathne
• Ontario's HPC Performance Specification by Hannah C. Schell and Jana Konecny

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Issue No. 14 - Mar/Apr 01

• IBRC Program Advances HPC by John M. Hooks
• Missouri's HPC Bridge Experience by Tim Chojnacki
• Capping Cylinders for Testing High Strength Concrete by Jon I. Mullarky and Leif Wathne
• TIA Offers HPC Workshops by Charles H. Goodspeed

Issue No. 13 - Jan/Feb 01

• PCEF Focuses on HPC Prestressed Bridge Members by Louis N. Triandafilou
• The Rapid Migration Test - An Alternative To AASHTO T 277 by Kyle Stanish, R. Doug Hooton, and Michael D.A. Thomas
• Q&A - With a cast-in-place concrete deck placed on precast, prestressed concrete deck panels that are supported on precast, prestressed concrete beams, can I assume full composite action between the deck, panels, and beams in calculations of service load stresses and strength? Answer by Ned H. Burns

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Issue No. 12 - Nov/Dec 00

• HPC International Symposium by Henry G. Russell
• Q&A - The Rapid Chloride Permeability Test by Doug Hooton,
• Mohamad Nagi, and Celik Ozildirim

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Issue No. 11 - Sep/Oct 00

• High Performance Concrete, the Florida Experience by Douglas L. Edwards
• Lightweight Aggregate Concrete in Norwegian Bridges by Steinar Helland ·
• The Øresund Link Concrete Strategy by Christian Munch-Petersen
• 20 Years of HPC Bridges in France by Didier Brazillier

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Issue No. 10 - Jul/Aug 00

• HPC Lead States Team Plans Transition by James A. Moore & Mary Lou Ralls
• Tennessee's HPC Bridge Projects by Mark Holloran
• HPC - The Fabricator's Viewpoint by Andrew Maybee

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Issue No. 9 - May/Jun 00

• High Performance Bridges: Not Just for States Anymore by Edward Binseel
• Corrosion Modeling for HPC Specifications in North Carolina by Rodger D. Rochelle
• Concrete Specification Requirements for Alabama's HPC Bridge by Sergio Rodriguez

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Issue No. 8 - Mar/Apr 00

• Charenton Canal Bridge - Louisiana's First HPC Bridge by Paul Fossier
• A Fabricator's Opportunity by Don Theobald
• Camber of High Strength Concrete Bridge Girders by Shawn P. Gross

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Issue No. 7 - Jan/Feb 00

• HPC in Washington State by Jerry Weigel
• Use of HPC on Admiral Clarey Bridge, Hawaii by Michael J. Abrahams
• Improved Performance of New York State Bridge Decks by Sreeenivas Alampalli & Frank T. Owens
• Q&A: Can I use a higher ratio between release strength and 28- or 56-day strength when using HPC in prestressed concrete girders?

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Issue No. 6 - Nov/Dec 99

• HPC Bridges for the 21st Century by John M. Hooks
• HPC in New York State Bridge Decks by Donald A. Streeter
• Compression Testing of High Strength Concrete by Ronald G. Burg
• Q&A: What are the pros and cons of the Rapid Chloride Permeability Test?

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Issue No. 5 - Sep/Oct 99

• HPC and Innovative Design Ensure Long-Term Durability by Alexander K. Bardow
• HPC for Durability of the Confederation Bridge by Laszlo Dunaszegi
• How to Achieve a Higher Modulus of Elasticity by John J. Myers
• Q&A: With HPC, should I specify compressive strength at 56 days rather than the traditional age of 28 days?

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Issue No. 4 - Jul/Aug 99

• Expectations for HPC Bridges by Wes Heald
• Crack Free HPC Bridge Deck - New Hampshire's Experience by Christopher M. Waszczuk
• From Three Spans to One With HPC by Richard A. Miller
• Q&A: Is there a standard mix for HPC?

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Issue No. 3 - May/Jun 99

• Implementing HPC Bridges in Nebraska by Michael W. Beacham
• I-25 over Yale Avenue-The Thin Solution by Mark A. Leonard
• Specifying Durable Bridge Decks by H. Celik Ozyildirim
• Q&A: Is there special federal funding available for HPC bridges?

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Issue No. 2 - Mar/Apr 99

• AASHTO Lead State Implementation by James A. Moore
• Washington State HPC Showcase Bridge by M. Myint Lwin
• Effect of Curing Temperatures on Compressive Strength Development by John J. Myers & Ramon L. Carrasquillo
• Q&A: What is match curing and can I use it to determine specified release strengths and design strengths?

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Issue No. 1 - Jan/Feb 99

• HPC Implementation by Kenneth R. Wykle
• What is HPC for Bridges? by Basile G. Rabbat & Suneel N. Vanikar
• Louetta Road Overpass-Lessons Learned by Mary Lou Ralls
• Q&A: Are there quantitative measurements for HPC?

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