Category: Maintenance
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Understanding Longitudinal Cracks in Arches
Longitudinal cracking is a common defect on stone arch bridges. While often not overly serious, under the right conditions this cracking can indicate a major problem.
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Monitoring Stone Bridges
Regular checking on the progress of any and all deterioration of a stone bridge can allow serious problems to be corrected early, saving future expense and trouble.
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Understanding Mortar in Old Bridges
The design of a stone bridge, which often reflects the era of its construction, determines how critical mortar condition is for long-term stability.
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Stone Arch Bridge Rehabilitation
Here are several methods that have been developed to repair stone bridges that consistently extend the life and usefulness of the structure.
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Improving a Stone Arch Bridge’s Serviceability by Strengthening: Part 2
Here are several ways to strengthen a stone arch bridge, ranging from distributing loads over the arch to relieving the bridge from load altogether.
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Improving a Stone Arch Bridge’s Serviceability by Strengthening: Part 1
To determine how to strengthen a stone arch bridge, it helps to understand how it behaves when overloaded in order to understand the forces at play.
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Mortarless Bridge Maintenance: Part 2
Mortarless stone arch bridges need extra care to ensure they are not overwhelmed by foliage and that friction between stones remains high.
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Mortarless Bridge Maintenance: Part 1
A key concern when maintaining a mortarless stone arch bridges is how stones can be worked loose by vibration. There are ways to prevent this.
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Care of Stone Arch Bridges With Insufficient Waterway
Stone arch bridges with very insufficient waterway often need a little more care and maintenance than a larger bridge to remain useful.
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