The twin spans of the Delaware Memorial Bridge were showing their age by 2018, with more than 1 billion cars and trucks having rolled across their decks over the decades. Built in 1952, the deck of ...

Photo courtesy UHPC Solutions North America and CHRYSO As a toll bridge with more than 80,000 vehicle crossings daily, disruption to traffic and toll collections was a primary concern. Work could only ...

There's a dire need to repair aging infrastructure in the U.S., and an innovative building material could be a game changer. Embedded with steel fibers, ultra-high performance concrete is about five ...

The first Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) bridge in the United States was built in Iowa. It’s thus fitting that Iowa State University (ISU), paired with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration ...

More than 40,000 bridges in the United States are deemed structurally deficient, and as many as 221,000 deemed in need of repair, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.

Suggested Citation: "Section 6 - Quantification of Socioeconomic Impacts." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Evaluation of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Connections.