UT Unveils State's Largest Pedestrian Bridge

Earlier this month, Utah officials unveiled what its touting as the largest pedestrian bridge in the state. Measuring more than three football fields at 1,000 feet long and 15 feet wide, the...

Finalists Named for Historic MN Bridge

Last week, reports indicated that only four communities remained in a fight to claim and reuse a historic bridge from southern Minnesota.

WA Installs Record-Breaking Girders

Slated to finish next week, the Washington Department of Transportation recently reported that they were installing record-breaking concrete girders at the new southbound Interstate 5 Puyall...

Polyurea Shows Promise Protecting Parapets

by PaintSquare Staff

University of Cincinnati professor Richard Miller has undertaken to determine what t...

Access, Access, Access: Reach Out and Hug a Bridge

by Robert Ikenberry

Just as realtors say, "Location, location, location," bridge-painting jobs should hav...

True or false: A recently published study in JPCL determined that wet surface preparation methods are less effective and result in higher remaining chloride levels than dry methods when cleaning corroded, chloride-contaminated steel surfaces.

True or false: With periodic field maintenance, a coating system for steel bridges with a zinc-rich primer and typically used midcoats and topcoats can exceed a service life of 100 years, according to a JPCL article on the subject.

A Pittsburgh artist is petitioning his county to save a decades-old series of graffiti geese from being blasted and painted over as part of a current rehab job. Can graffiti be worth saving?

Mississippi’s governor recently closed dozens of bridges in the state because they did not meet safety standards. Should more states be taking bridge condition more seriously and shutting down unsafe spans?

What is the service life of a painted weathering steel bridge, compared to a painted carbon steel bridge in the same service environment?

The trend in bridge repainting projects is that they are routinely including structural repairs; however, the sequencing of the work on these projects is important. When should structural repairs be conducted: before, during or after the cleaning and repainting operations?

DOTs on Maintaining Corroded Connections: Cleaning, Caulking & Cost

from JPCL, January 2019 ; by Tom Inglis and Nick Volk, IDOT District 4; Dan Brydl, FHWA-Illinois Division; and Ken Trimber, KTA-Tator, Inc.

Because of the intricate design of the Shade-Lohmann Bridge bridge, Illinois Departme...

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from JPCL, July 2015

Webinar studies weathering on Florida bridges

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Conference

September 12, 2017

National Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference

December 7 - December 8, 2015

New York City Bridge Conference

August 24 - August 25, 2015

E-Book: Bridge Coating Systems: Selecting and Sourcing

Sponsored by Sherwin-Williams

This eBook features an article from the Journal of Pr...

JPCL Article Collection: A JPCL Collection: Coating Bridges

This JPCL Collection edition includes ten article...

Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.