RTRI REPORT September 1998

Investigation of Non-painted Weatherproof Steel Bridges Near Seacoasts

Atsushi ICHIKAWA, Kenji KATO, Tohru KAWAHARADA
Akira USAMI, Kouji TANABE


A non-painted weatherproof steel was first used for a railway steel bridge in 1980. Since then, bridges of this type have been increasing. However, a problem has arised recently on some bridges which were erected near seacoasts. This report describes the results of investigation of these bridges.



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