Handbook for Bridge Inspections - TSP2
Handbook for Bridge Inspections - TSP2
Handbook for Bridge Inspections - TSP2
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Wearing Course<br />
• Ruts<br />
• Cracks or fissures especially around joints<br />
• Crazing or holes<br />
• Flaking off thin wearing courses, e.g. epoxy<br />
• Chippi ng and rot damage (on timber decks)<br />
• Protruding plank ends and nails (timber decks)<br />
FiW-lre 6.3-6: Wear callsetf by Rills<br />
Bearing & Bearing Shelves<br />
Joints & Joint Construction<br />
• Cracks or fissures in sections of a bearing<br />
• Cleaning the bearing and its recess<br />
• Joint anchorage points - possible missing parts<br />
• Mechani cal damage, cracks, breaks in the constructioD due to<br />
sn ow~ c\ eari n g equipment or general wear ca used by tr affic<br />
• Condition of the joint edges & their operation; possibly missi ng<br />
edges<br />
• Cleaning of the joint construction and the gap<br />
Fil:,'1/re 6.3-7: Fixing poinls of a Joilll<br />
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