Milestones in U.S Civil Engineering
Under the general titles of structures, transportation, water resources and sanitary, milestones in American civil engineering are listed in chronological order. An emphasis is placed...
Railroads, Truss Bridges and the Rise of the Civil Engineer
The huge growth of the railroads during the nineteenth century was the direct result of herculean efforts on the part of civil engineers. Likewise, the development of the civil engineering...
James B. Eads and His St. Louis Bridge
Eads Bridge at St. Louis, a century old engineering achievement, was designed, promoted, and built by an intensely dedicated and self-educated man, James B. Eads. This structure was an...
Philadelphia Bridge Sparked Growth of Prestressed Concrete in the U.S.
Prestressing has been used for centuries. For instance, iron bands were heat-shrunk over built-up wooden wheels to increase their resistance to damage. In 1888, a man named Jackson from...
Robert Moses: Great Builder of the 20th Century
In building the first major U.S. public work �- the Erie Canal �- the engineering challenge was to cross hundreds of miles of farmland and forests with technologies relatively new to the...
Why Do Bridges Fail�
From the study of 143 bridge failures that occurred throughout the world from 1847 to 1975, it is found that there are nine categories of failure. The most frequent of these is failure...
How Will the U.S. Finance Its Pressing Transportation Needs�
The U.S. public is yet unaware that the country is on the verge of a full-scale transportation crisis. The basic problem: funding requirements for each of the transportation modes are...
George Washington Bridge Redecked with Prefabricated, Prepaved Steel Panels
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has embarked on a �37,000,000 project to totally replace the upper roadway of the 46-yr old George Washington Bridge. The scheme, chosen from...
Dallas Expressway Quickly Rehabilitates With Aid of Giant Cold-Milling Machine
The Dallas, Texas Central Expressway, one of the most intensively used roads in the U.S., was plagued by a deteriorating and bumpy surface, and poor skid resistance. The pavement consisted...
Texas Uses Fabric to Protect Pavement from Cracks
Thin asphalt concrete overlays are susceptible to reflective cracking, which is the migration of the cracks in an old pavement into and subsequently through its overlay. To find a remedy...
Practical Highway Esthetics
This guide helps engineers, highway designers, university students, and others design practical, yet tasteful highways by combining a broad range of information in one publication. Topics...
The Story of America's Transportation Revolution
During the 200 years since the Declaration of Independence, the United States witnessed a revolution in transportation unprecedented in recorded history. For hundreds of years, man had...
Urban freeways-salvation of cities or their death?
When the freeway building boom began 25 years ago, these high-speed urban arteries were labeled the salvation of the cities, which were hurting because of the exodus to the suburbs. Then...
Interstate Highway System
Eventually to cost nearly $90 billion, the Interstate Highway System will connect all U.S. cities of 50,000 and larger, eventually carry 25% of all highway traffic. The article traces...
Philadelphia-three ages of a city
On these pages are the profiles of the City of Brotherly Love in three eras. First come the founding years, and the story of why, though only half as old as Boston and New York, by 1750...
Robert Moses: Great Builder of the 20th Century
In building the first major U.S. public work -- the Erie Canal -- the engineering challenge was to cross hundreds of miles of farmland and forests with technologies relatively new to the...
Yukon River to Prudhoe Bay Highway � Lessons in Arctic Design and Construction
Construction of roads on muskeg over perennially frozen subsoils is becoming increasingly common in the arctic and subarctic regions of North America due to recent emphasis on development...
World's Third Longest Cantilever Bridge
This report includes the planning, design and construction procedure of the world's third longest double deck, cantilever bridge, Osaka Port Bridge, which was completed in...
Off-Highway Transportation in the Arctic
Because of the terrain and lack of roads in the region, a new breed of off-highway vehicles has seen heavy service in the Arctic and north slope of Alaska. These vehicles include rubber-bag...
States Intensifying Efforts to Reduce Highway Landslides
A recent survey by the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) shows the U.S. is presently spending $50,000,000/yr to repair major landslides on the Federal-aid highway system. The total...
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