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3 Rehabilitation and replacement of bridges often include demolition activities as an initial step in project completion, or in some cases, constitute the whole project. The extent of bridge demolition ranges from partial deck and parapet removal to allow bridge deck replacement or widening to full removal of major river crossings.
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4 Bridge Demolition Practices wire sawing, thermal lance cutting, and mechanical and chemical bursting are just a few of the newer technologies that add to more traditional impact breakers and flame cutting. Controlled explosive demolition may be used where total bridge removal is required, particularly for large structures.
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Introduction 5 The synthesis includes a literature review to provide background information and uncover previous research on this topic. Further information was obtained from a survey distributed to voting members of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures that requested information on their practices for bridge demolition.
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