Indiana Highway RV Torture Test
I apologize to any Indianans that might take offense to the following. In my experience, year in and year out, over decades, Indiana has the worst highway to bridge transitions in America. Worse t...
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jswat wrote:
... I spend several weeks each year driving in Europe and on their new highways there are no joints where the bridge meets the highway pavement....
Is this just an observation at highway speeds? Or something I can find documented? I doubt if they have overcome the differential expansion issues. The joints though might be more sophisticated and smoother, maybe even hidden by a flexible surface.
http wrote:
Hard to believe but true: variations in temperature and traffic on large bridges may change their length by the meter. This is why bridge ends are equipped with flexible roadway joints that can expand or contract.
