Concrete overlay of movable steel orthotropic bridges: The repair method for movable steel bridges

In 1997 cracks were found in the relatively new movable part of the Van Brienenoord bridge, a repair method for steel orthotropic bridges has searched for ever since. For fixed bridges a solution was found: the steel deck plate is overlayed with a concrete layer with a thickness varying between 50mm and 120mm and on top of the repair layer a new...